A Culture City - Coimbra

The history of the city of Coimbra is closely related to the development of the university. Since ancient city of Portugal, there are profound culture to test for history. The city witnessed the foundation of Portugal as Portuguese is even originated here. The handicrafts, garments and garments for single fade (traditional art, painful tune of Portugal) the stars are the product only three of Coimbra. Also, the arboretum is most distinctive of Europe here.


If you believe that the place where water is beautiful, Coimbra is just a place like that. The Mondego River that passes through the city of Coimbra, though without the verve powerful and enormous size, makes the bright and beautiful old city with nice scenery on both banks. Travelers come here daily from all over the world. Walking along the river bank, you can often fall through the students at the University of Coimbra they are reading a book. The sound collection of reading the wind and the water is like changing the Mondego River in a beautiful young girl by a sudden who is telling the new vigor of the old city.

The old city on the north bank of the Montego River is the center for history and culture of Coimbra. Also, here is the place where several generations of people living real. The rights to move the capital Lisbon in the late thirteenth century. The city center is just the university town of Coimbra.

Coimbra, as capital of culture in Portugal, carried out many kinds of international operations on regular time each year. Here are some fifty thousand of man for whom this university is considered the youngest city in Europe. May is the busiest time for this city Coimbra performed the ceremony of burning belts in large scope. This tradition originates from the University of Coimbra. The students finish their courses in a full academic year at this time every year. Burn as the strap of their universities to celebrate the conclusion of the semester for this. In general, the whole activity lasted three days. In addition, 4 July in each year is decided on the day of the city of Coimbra.

The night of Coimbra is colorful. Many bars, cafes, art galleries and libraries which are run by students here come to be more particularly noisy and busy. When you're here, you may feel that this is just the sky where there is full of happiness.