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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.
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.
Coimbra (/ k oʊ ˈ ɪ m b r ə /, also US: / k u ˈ-, ˈ k w ɪ m b r ə /, UK: / ˈ k ɔɪ m b r ə /, Portuguese: [kuˈĩbɾɐ] ⓘ or [ˈkwĩbɾɐ]) is a city and a municipality in Portugal.The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi).
Formerly there were several museums in the university, including a museum of physics, a museum of zoology, a museum of natural history, and a museum of mineralogy and geology, which were managed by different university departments. They merged in 2006/2007 to form the Science Museum of the University of Coimbra.
The University of Coimbra, a public university, is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in Europe and the world, the oldest university in Portuguese-speaking countries, and one of the largest higher education and research institutions of Portugal. It is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of ...
History Homage to Avelar Brotero. It was founded in 1772 by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo (the Marquis of Pombal). The location for the Hortus Botanicus—part of the farm of S. Bento's College in the Ursulinas Valley—was chosen by the vice-chancellor of the University of Coimbra (Francisco de Lemos).
The University of Coimbra General Library (Biblioteca Geral da Universidade de Coimbra) is the central library of the University of Coimbra, in Coimbra, Portugal . Even before 1537, the year when the university was definitively established in Coimbra, transferred for its last time from Lisbon, a library was already in operation in the city.
João de Deus (1830–1896), poet (did not graduate) Bishop James Warren Doyle (1786–1834), Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin in Ireland, studied for his doctorate in Coimbra. Vergílio Ferreira (1916–1996), writer and teacher. Armindo Freitas-Magalhães (1966), psychologist and researcher, working on the psychology of the human smile.