A city of narrow streets, courtyards, stairs and medieval arches, Coimbra was the birthplace of six kings from Portugal and the First Dynasty, as well as the first University of the Country and one of the oldest in Europe. In the 12th century, Coimbra already had an urban structure, divided between the upper city, called Alta or Almedina, where aristocrats, clerics and, later, students lived, and Baixa, of commerce, artisans and neighborhoods riverside. Since the middle of the 16th century, the city's history has revolved around the history of the University of Coimbra, and it was only in the 19th century that the city began to expand beyond its walled hull, which even disappeared with the reforms carried out by the Marquis of Pombal at the end of the 18th century. These reforms will have a major impact, especially in the upper part of the city, where structures such as the Botanical Garden and some colleges of the University are created.
Female monastery of the Order of Santa Clara, with a fully vaulted Gothic mendicant church. It had a first foundation in 1286, on the initiative of Dona Maior Dias, but having been extinguished in 1311, it had a new foundation in 1314, sponsored b...
Estêvão Domingues covered the central nave with a vault with a broken cradle, supported by large torso arches, apparently giving up covering it with warheads. However, in the collateral ships, he clearly opted for this system, in spite of great te...
Baixa de Coimbra or Coimbra Historic Center is the name given to a central area of the city of Coimbra, in Portugal, consisting of the parishes of São Bartolomeu and Santa Cruz. The designation was developed with the separation between "Alta", w...
We are in the vertical of the Porta de Almedina, the door of the wall of the ancient city of Coimbra, based on the lowest part of the medieval fence, its construction can date back to the time of Count Sesnando Davides, who conquered Coimbra in 10...
Female monastery of the Order of Santa Clara, with a fully vaulted Gothic mendicant church. It had a first foundation in 1286, on the initiative of Dona Maior Dias, but having been extinguished in 1311, it had a new foundation in 1314, sponsored b...
Garden of Quinta das Lágrimas. We were in the middle of the 14th century, when D. Pedro, Prince Heir to the Portuguese Throne, and D.ª Inês de Castro, Castilian maid of Princess Consort D. Constança, gave in to the passion that united them. Defyin...
We were in the middle of the 14th century, when D. Pedro, Prince Heir to the Portuguese Throne, and D.ª Inês de Castro, Castilian maid of Princess Consort D. Constança, gave in to the passion that united them. Defying the rules and social precepts...
