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EXPERIENCE The Beiras

A boat on the Mondego
river passing the
town of Coimbra

2 celebration in stone of the
triumph over the Moors in
COIMBRA 1064. Sancho I was crowned
here in 1185, soon after the
cathedral was completed.
Inside, square piers lead
! E3 £ Coimbra A, Av Emídio Navarro; Coimbra B, N of city,
on N11 @ Av Fernão de Magalhães n Praça da República the eye up the nave to the
(239 857 186); Universidade de Coimbra (239 242 744); flamboyant retable over
Largo da Portagem (239 488 120) the altar. The work of Flemish
wood carvers in about 1502,
The birthplace of six kings and the seat of Portugal’s this depicts the birth of 200 metres
oldest university, Coimbra arouses an affection in the Christ, the Assumption and (220 yards) da Graça R U A N I C O L A U C H A N T E R E N N E
Igreja
MONTES
Portuguese shared by no other city. Afonso Henriques, many saints. A 16th-century LARGO DO R. ROSA FALCÃO R U A G U E R R A J U N Q U E I R O
CLAROS
the first king of Portugal, moved his capital here in 1139, altarpiece in the south ARNADO Igreja do Carmo
R U A D O U T O R A N T Ó N I O J O S É D E A L M E I D A
an honour it retained until 1256. For the Portuguese, BAIXA R UA DA SOF I A CONCHADA
Coimbra holds the roots of nationhood and, for COIMBRA FADO RUA DO CARMO RU A DE M O N TA R ROIO
visitors, a wealth of fascinating historic associations. RUA DIREITA RUA OLÍMPIO NICOLAU RUI FERNANDES RUA ANTERO DE QUENTAL
While Lisbon’s music is A V E N I D A C I D A D E A E M I N I U M AV E N ID A F E R N Ã OLAIO Santa Cruz Jardim da Mercado RUA ANTERO DE QUENTAL
RUA
melancholy and sombre, JOÃO CABREIRA PRACA 8 Manga RUA DA FONTE NOVA
R. PEDRO
Silêncio (which has an DE MAIO AVENIDA SÁ DA BA NDE I R A
1 " admission fee) and the choir Coimbra’s is boisterous AV. CENTRAL Sé Nova
RUA JOÃ O
LARGO DAS
Santa Cruz stalls, carved in 1518 with a and romantic. Sung R. DAS PA DEIRAS RUA VISCONDE DA LUZ RUA DO CORPO DE DEUS JACINTO RUA PADRE ANTÓ N IO V I E I R A Teatro
AVENIDA SÁ DA BA NDE I R A
OLARIAS
by male students or
frieze about exploration. R. DOS OLEIROS O D E M A G A L H Ã E S Torre de Anto Museu Nacional R U A D O S PRAÇA
⌂ Praça 8 de Maio § 239 alumni of Coimbra’s R. A. VE I G A Machado de Castro Académico REPÚBLICA
DA
822 941 # 9am–5pm Mon– Portugal’s first two kings, university, fado in PRACA DO LARGO R. BO R GES SÉ NOVA Gil Vicente
COMERCIO
CARNE I RO
DA SÉ
Fri, 9am–noon, 2–5pm Sat, Afonso Henriques and Sancho I, this city ranges from Railway VELHA LARGO DE E S T U D O S RUA DE OLIVEIRA
MATOS
Station
were reinterred here in 1520.
4–5:30pm Sun serenades to drinking RUA D A SOTA Sé Velha ALTA RUA VENÂNCIO RODRIGUES
songs. Remember to R. FERREIRA BORGES RUA SÃO JOÃO D.DINIS
LARGO
Founded by the canons of cough rather than RUA CASTRO
St Augustine in 1131, the church clap the singers. Mon d ego PORTAGEM Palacio Coimbra MATOSO
LARGO DA
dos Grilos
ARCOS
and monastery of Santa Cruz 2 " AV E N I D A E M Í D I O N A V A R R O University São Sebastião JARDIM
Aqueduto de
DO
PONTE DE
are rich in examples of the Sé Velha AV E NIDA DE CONIMBRIGA COUR A Ç A D E L ISB OA
city’s early-16th-century ⌂ Largo da Sé Velha § 239 SANTA CLARA
school of sculpture. Carvings 825 273 # 10am–5:30pm
Jardim
by Nicolau Chanterène and Mon–Fri, 10am–6:30pm Sat, ESTRADA DA GUARDA INGLESA Botânico
Jean de Rouen adorn the 11am–5pm Sun & public hols Estádio A V . D R J Ú L I O H E N R I Q U E S
church’s Portal da Majestade, Universitário Almedina
Parque
designed by Diogo de Castilho The fortress-style Old Manuel
in 1523. The chapterhouse by Cathedral is widely regarded Santa Clara- DE SANTA AVENIDA JOÃO DAS REGAS Braga R U A D O B R A S I L
ROSSIO
Diogo Boitac is Manueline in as the finest Romanesque a-Nova CLARA 0 metres 300 N
style, as are the Claustro do building in Portugal, a AV. INÊS DE CASTRO
Portugal dos Santa Clara- 0 yards 300
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