Coimbra
With thel Mondego river to Portugal's oldest university to the castles and artwork,
Coimbra is a wondeful and beautiful city. Coimbra was taken back from the Moors in 878,
only to be lost again to them in a century later. Ferdinand the Great of Castile finally freed
the city in 1064. The first king of Portugal, Afonso Henriques, moved his capital here,
an honour it maintained until 1256.
 

The castle
Montemor-o-Velho
is located just outside
Coimbra - Part I

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Montemor-o-Velho
Part II

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Downtown Coimbra

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Coimbra University
and around I

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The statues outside
the university

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