University of Coimbra

Destination Lisbon

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May 16th 2011
Another beautiful day on our adventure and today we head to Lisbon. But first some unfinished business in Coimbra and what better place to start than breakfast at the pastelaria we visited yesterday. We still wanted to visit the university, the oldest in Portugal. For reasons known only to the creators of this wonderful institution it was built on top of the hill. Actually it was once a royal ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Lisbon & Tagus Valley » Lisbon

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more