Coimbra in Portugal
The nearby city of Coimbra is famous for one of the oldest universities in Europe (XII century), which until 1910 was the only one in Portugal. Today, in the famous school trained more than 20,000 local and foreign students. Among the famous alumni call St. Anthony of Padua, national poet and the dictator Salazar Kamoesha. Even today, all the tourists feel that they are in town, soaked in the atmosphere of the university and the recklessness of youth. For holidays of old and newer streets walking quite modern girls and guys in black cloaks, with a remarkable cape colored ribbons. Old Town is marked crowding and confusion streets. It is the most elevated part of Coimbra. Se Cathedral - Wohl in the Romanesque style with luxurious teeth makes an indelible impression of an ancient fortress. In the area of Commerce in the Middle Ages heretics were burned, and stands next to the Augustinian monastery of Santa - Cruz (XII century), which face each other with magnificent tombstones buried Alfonso Henriques I and his son, Sancho I. Across the river is a remarkable ancient monastery of Santa - Clara Wohl, where lie the Queen Isabella. Near the monastery is a mini Portugal, which was built during the Salazar playground Portugal dos Pekeninush. Tourists can admire the miniature replicas of buildings that are recognized as examples of Portuguese architecture of different styles.
