Santa Clara, Coimbra
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Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
parish
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
in the municipality of Coimbra
Coimbra
Coimbra is a city in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal. Although it served as the nation's capital during the High Middle Ages, it is better-known for its university, the University of Coimbra, which is one of the oldest in Europe and the oldest academic institution in the...
. It has a population of 9637 (2001) and an area of 9.77 km². It is an urban parish, in the city Coimbra, and on the south (left bank) of the Mondego river.
Cultural heritage, monuments and other attractions
- Monastery of Santa Clara-a-NovaMonastery of Santa Clara-a-NovaThe Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova is a monastery in Coimbra, Portugal. It was built to replace the mediaeval Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, located nearby, which at the time was prone to frequent flooding by the waters of the Mondego river. The monastery was built in the 17th and 18th...
(National monument) - Monastery of Santa Clara-a-VelhaMonastery of Santa Clara-a-VelhaThe ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods...
(National monument) - Quinta das LágrimasQuinta das LágrimasQuinta das Lágrimas is an estate in Coimbra, Portugal. It was classified in 1977 as an "Imóvel de Interesse Publico" by the IPPAR. It includes 12 ha of gardens and a palace that has been converted into a luxury hotel.-History:The origin of the estate is uncertain...
- Portugal dos PequenitosPortugal dos PequenitosPortugal dos Pequenitos is a theme park in Coimbra....
- Ponte de Santa Clara (bridge)
- Coimbra University StadiumCoimbra University StadiumThe Coimbra University Stadium , is an extensive sports complex of the University of Coimbra on Mondego's left bank, in Santa Clara parish, in the city of Coimbra, Portugal....