Important people & monuments of Coimbra

Students: George Karagiannis (Xanthi,Greece)Vlad Dragos (Sibiu,Romania)Popoviciu Teodor (Sibiu,Romania)

Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population at the 2011 census was about 143.000(Density 450/km2). The third-largest urban centre in Portugal (after the much larger citiescities of Lisbon and Porto).

Highest elevation 499 m

Lowest elevation 9 m

Coimbra was the capital of Portugal (from 1131 to 1255)

During the Late Middle Ages, with its decline as the political centre of the Kingdom of Portugal, Coimbra began to evolve into a major cultural centre.

This was in large part helped by the establishment the University of Coimbra in 1537, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world.

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