Biblioteca Joanina

The Biblioteca Joanina, sometimes known in English as the Joanine Library, is a Baroque library in , , located at the heart of the University of Coimbra.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chapel of São Miguel and Old Cathedral of Coimbra.

Church
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São Miguel Chapel or Saint Michael's Chapel is a of the University of Coimbra in , , which was founded in 1290. In architectural style, it is Manueline or Portuguese late Gothic.

Church
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The is a Romanesque Roman Catholic building in . Construction of the Sé Velha began some time after the Battle of Ourique, when Prince Afonso Henriques declared himself King of Portugal and chose as capital. is situated 190 metres north of Biblioteca Joanina.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 270 metres northwest of Biblioteca Joanina.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sé Nova and Santa Clara.

Neighborhood
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is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2013, it merged into the new parish Coimbra. Notable landmarks included the and .

Suburb
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is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. It was also known as São Francisco or São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855.

Suburb
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, commonly shortened to Olivais, is an urban civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra in Portugal, making up the eastern part of the historic city of , east of University Hill.

Biblioteca Joanina

Latitude
40.20713° or 40° 12′ 26″ north
Longitude
-8.42652° or 8° 25′ 36″ west
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Operator
Universidade de Coimbra
Open location code
8CGH6H4F+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 51293313
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­library
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
11887792
Wiki­data ID
Q1773229
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Ukrainian—“Biblioteca Joanina” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Juanina Kitabxanası”
  • Chinese: “若昂尼納圖書館”
  • Czech: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Dutch: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Esperanto: “Biblioteko Johana”
  • French: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • French: “Bibliothèque Joanina”
  • German: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Greek: “Bιβλιοθήκη Johannine”
  • Greek: “Βιβλιοθήκη Ζοανίνα”
  • Italian: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Japanese: “ジョアニナ図書館”
  • Latin: “Bibliotheca Ioannina”
  • Polish: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Portuguese: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Russian: “Библиотека Жуанина”
  • Serbian: “Biblioteka Žuanina”
  • Slovenian: “Knjižnica Joanina”
  • Spanish: “Biblioteca Joanina”
  • Turkish: “Joanina Kütüphanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бібліотека Жуаніна”

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