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Wikipedia: Coimbra is a city in Coimbra Municipality in Portugal. It served as the country's capital during the First Dynasty (12th Century) and remains home to the University of Coimbra, the oldest academic institution in the Portuguese-speaking world and one of the oldest in Europe. According to the INE's census of 2001, the city proper had a population of 101,069 and the municipality had a population of 148,443 in a 319.4 km² land area.
![[Coimbra's Queima das Fitas Parade. Image shows nearly-graduated medicine students.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coimbra_Queima_das_Fitas_s.jpg "Coimbra's Queima das Fitas Parade. Image shows nearly-graduated medicine students.")
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![[A view over the rooftops of the Baixa (downtown), and onto the University hill.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coimbra_Portugal_s.jpg "A view over the rooftops of the Baixa (downtown), and onto the University hill.")
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![[Aspect of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Jardim_Bot_C3_A2nico_de_Coimbra_s.jpg "Aspect of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra")
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![[Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square'') in the ''Baixa of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coimbra_PracaComercio1_s.jpg "Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square'') in the ''Baixa of Coimbra.")
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![[ View of Coimbra's University Hill from the Mondego River.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CoimbraView_CC1_s.jpg "View of Coimbra's University Hill from the Mondego River.")
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![[Coimbra-A railway station.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/CoimbraA_Station_2_s.jpg "Coimbra-A railway station.")
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![[The 30,210-seater Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra City Stadium).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Estadio_Cidade_de_Coimbra_1_s.jpg "The 30,210-seater Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra City Stadium).")
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![[Beach on the Mondego River, in the Torres do Mondego parish, Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Praia_Fluvial_Palheiros_Zorro_2_s.jpg "Beach on the Mondego River, in the Torres do Mondego parish, Coimbra.")
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![[The rich Joanina Library in the University of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Universitat_de_Co_C3_AFmbra_Biblioteca_s.jpg "The rich Joanina Library in the University of Coimbra.")
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![[Visconde da Luz Street in the Baixa of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coimbra_FerreiraBorges_s.jpg "Visconde da Luz Street in the Baixa of Coimbra.")
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![[A view of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Almedina_CCBY_s.jpg "A view of Coimbra.")
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![[A view over Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Se_Velha_de_Coimbra_1_s.jpg "A view over Coimbra.")
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![[The tower of the University of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Coimbra_University_Tower_2_2_s.jpg "The tower of the University of Coimbra.")
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![[West façade of Coimbra's Old Cathedral, one of the best preserved romanesque buildings in Portugal]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/S_C3_A9_Velha_de_Coimbra_s.jpg "West façade of Coimbra's Old Cathedral, one of the best preserved romanesque buildings in Portugal")
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![[The New Cathedral of Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/SeNova1_s.jpg "The New Cathedral of Coimbra.")
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![[Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques is buried in Coimbra.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Afonso_I_de_Portugal_s.jpg "Portugal's first king, Afonso Henriques is buried in Coimbra.")
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![[Santa Cruz Monastery with a manueline façade.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/StCruz_CCBY_s.jpg "Santa Cruz Monastery with a manueline façade.")
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