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Coimbra is a Portuguese city, capital of the district of Coimbra, located in the Centro region, with about 110,000 inhabitants. In its urban perimeter, it is a reference center and is the largest city in the Central region of Portugal, with around 2.3 million inhabitants (2013). Coimbra is a historically university city, because of the University of Coimbra, one of the oldest in Europe and the largest in Portugal, founded in 1290 as "Study of General Portuguese" by D. Dinis in Lisbon, which after a few years, settled definitively in the city of (river) Mondego in 1537. |
In recent history, the student population of the University played an important role in being an active defender of the values of freedom and democracy in the face of the Estado Novo dictatorship. It is one of the oldest cities in the country, being the capital of Portugal before Lisbon, until 1255 and in it is the first National Pantheon, the Monastery of Santa Cruz.
The two banks of Coimbra are bathed by the Mondego River, coming from Serra da Estrela, in the East-West direction, being the seat of a municipality with an area of 319.4 km² and 143,396 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 18 parishes. It is limited to the north by the municipality of Mealhada, to the east by Penacova, Vila Nova de Poiares and Miranda do Corvo, to the south by Condeixa-a-Nova, to the west by Montemor-o-Velho and to the northwest by Cantanhede.
It is considered one of the most important Portuguese cities, due to the infrastructure, organizations and companies installed there, in addition to its historical importance and privileged geographical position in the center of mainland Portugal, between the cities of Lisbon and Porto. In terms of services offered, it is above all in education and health-related technologies that the city achieves greater notoriety.
The student population of the city is around 37 thousand enrolled, partly in non-polytechnic public higher education, partly in public polytechnic higher education and partly in private higher education.
The municipal holiday takes place on the 4th of July, in memory of Queen Santa Isabel de Aragon, patron saint of the city popularly known only as the holy queen. It was National Capital of Culture in 2003. On June 22, 2013, the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
The two banks of Coimbra are bathed by the Mondego River, coming from Serra da Estrela, in the East-West direction, being the seat of a municipality with an area of 319.4 km² and 143,396 inhabitants (2011), subdivided into 18 parishes. It is limited to the north by the municipality of Mealhada, to the east by Penacova, Vila Nova de Poiares and Miranda do Corvo, to the south by Condeixa-a-Nova, to the west by Montemor-o-Velho and to the northwest by Cantanhede.
It is considered one of the most important Portuguese cities, due to the infrastructure, organizations and companies installed there, in addition to its historical importance and privileged geographical position in the center of mainland Portugal, between the cities of Lisbon and Porto. In terms of services offered, it is above all in education and health-related technologies that the city achieves greater notoriety.
The student population of the city is around 37 thousand enrolled, partly in non-polytechnic public higher education, partly in public polytechnic higher education and partly in private higher education.
The municipal holiday takes place on the 4th of July, in memory of Queen Santa Isabel de Aragon, patron saint of the city popularly known only as the holy queen. It was National Capital of Culture in 2003. On June 22, 2013, the University of Coimbra, Alta and Sofia were declared World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.
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