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The University of Coimbra (UC; Portuguese: Universidade de Coimbra, pronounced [univɨɾsiˈðaðɨ ðɨ kuˈĩbɾɐ]) is a public research university in Coimbra, Portugal. First established in Lisbon in 1290, it went through a number of relocations until moving permanently to Coimbra in 1537.
Valentim Loureiro (1938), military major, politician, mayor, former football club chairman (did not graduate) Fábio Lucindo (1985-), Brazilian voice actor, best-known for his work in anime. [1] Bernardino Machado (1851–1944), politician, President; Marquês de Pombal (1699–1782), Prime Minister to King Joseph I of Portugal throughout his reign
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They merged in 2006/2007 to form the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra. Most of these collections date back to the reform of the University promoted by the Marquis of Pombal in 1772, where the teaching of the sciences took major importance, and are lodged in the contemporary buildings of the 18th century. This constitutes the most ...
The Biblioteca Joanina, sometimes known in English as the Joanine Library, is a Baroque library in Coimbra, Portugal, located at the heart of the University of Coimbra.The Biblioteca Joanina is regularly considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the world.
The Orfeon Académico de Coimbra is an autonomous organization of the students' union Associação Académica de Coimbra, established in 1880 by a law student of the University of Coimbra (UC), and the fado section of UC's Associação Académica de Coimbra itself, are important organizations in Coimbra fado promotion and preservation.
University of Coimbra D. Afonso Furtado de Mendonça ( Montemor-o-Novo , 1561 - Lisbon , 2 June 1630) was a Portuguese prelate, who was for five years Bishop of Guarda , two years Bishop of Coimbra , seven years Archbishop of Braga , and four years of Lisbon, in whose cathedral, in the main chapel, he was buried.
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