The Old Cathedral of Coimbra is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in Portugal. Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique (1139), when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose Coimbra as capital. The first Count of Coimbra, the Mozarab Sisnando Davides, is buried in the cathedral.
West façade of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra
View of the Eastern façade of the Old Cathedral of Coimbra. Note the lantern-tower, main chapel and North chapel in Romanesque style. The South chapel (partially visible to the left) is Renaissance.
Renaissance Porta Especiosa on the North façade of the Cathedral
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Coimbra 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).
The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area of 4,336 square kilometres (1,674 sq mi).
Image: Coimbra e o rio Mondego (6167200429) (cropped)
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