From 1139 until 1260, when it was replaced by Lisbon, the city of Coimbra was the capital of Portugal. Six medieval kings—Sancho I and II, Afonso II and III, Pedro I, and Ferdinand I—were born there, as was the 16th-century poet Francisco de Sá de Miranda.
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Among the many archaeological structures dating back to the Roman era, when Coimbra was the settlement of Aeminium, are its well-preserved aqueduct and ...
Coimbra, today one of the largest cities in Portugal, is associated as a medieval capital and, above all, the seat of the oldest university in the country.