Carmelite Convent
by ratherton
This is really information rather than a tourist tip but I thought I'd include it anyway.
In 1917, Lucia de Jesus dos Santos, was one of 3 children who claimed to see the Virgin at Fatima. The children claimed to have seen 3 prophecies about key 20th Century events. The first was a vision of hell, the second was World War 2 but the third was kept a secret until May 2000.
The third and final vision was interpretted as the assasination attempt on the Pope in 1981. The Vatican only revealed their interpretation of the vision after gaining permission from Dos Santos. She was, at the time, the only surviving member of the 3 children who saw the vision in 1917, the other 2 died of influenza in 1919 and 1920.
Dos Santos was nun at Carmelite Convent and died on 12th February 2005 at the age of 97.
Ancient Piodão
by ginguba
Through the past years, with the help of comunity money, works of conservation have been done. Piodão is now a village that proudly keeps the original characteristics of the local architecture.
The houses are built of rock and clay, covered with schist, the type of rock you find in that area soil.
Imperial memories
by solopes
People strongly condemn the objectives behind the building of a theme park named "Portugal dos Pequeninos" - propaganda to the nationalist regime of Salazar.
Several decades later the park remains, its political purposes are gone (most young people don't even understand how it worked) but the park keeps being attractive to children, and a nice instrument for and adult to identify the architectural difference from north to south Portugal, and even in some places where Portuguese have been and let their signs.
And also to understand how education may be manipulated to build convictions and illusions.
NEVER, but really NEVER...
by rp6686
NEVER, but really NEVER, applaud when listening to Fado de Coimbra (typical portuguese type of music). People will be offended if you do so. Instead, if you really like what you are listening just give a slight cough on the end of each song.
Sometimes, groups of universitary students join on the street, at night, and sing fado for a couple of hours... believe me, it's worth to watch/ listen to.
Mosaics
by Redang
Walking along Rúa Olimpio Nicolau Rui Ferandes, I found these beautiful mosaics representing some icons of Coimbra.
Pics:
- 1st: Universidade (s. XVI a XVIII)
- 2nd: Igreja de Santa Cruz (s. XII)
- 3rd: Sé Velha (s. XII)
- 4th: Sé Nova (s. XVI)
- 5th: Igreja de S. Tiago (s. XII)
How to get there? From Praça 8 de Maio, leave the Cámara Municipal (City Hall) on your right and round the corner, this street shows up. Then, walk for about 200 m., and on the left side of the street, opposite the Mercado D. Pedro V.
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Art deco building
more rowers from the coimbra rowing club.
Torre da Contenda (Coimbra, Portugal)
Universidad de Coimbra (Portugal)
