Coimbra reports

Coimbra and thereabouts... 
Coimbra has one of the oldest of Europe's universities and is portrayed in Porto's adage, extolling its own pretentions to be Portugal's work capital, as a place of study.
This calls for three comments. First, whereas there is much else that is pl... more

 
Coimbra is since 1290 one of the oldest university cities in whole Europe with about 17.000 students. Coimbra is the intellectual and spiritual centre of Portugal - a monument! 1308 -- relocation of the University of Lisbon to Coimbra 1385 - 1433 -- King... more