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Higher Learning

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January 29th 2013
Geo: 40.2115, -8.4292Apparently there's a saying in Portugal that suggests that 'Lisbon plays, Porto works, and Coimbra learns' (not exactly the catchy simplicity of "where's the beef" but it's supposed to be an accurate portrayal of each cities character?). DH is always looking for opportunities to fire up her cerebral cortex's, so the centre of higher learning ... read more

Europe » Portugal

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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