Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas
Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas is a civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santa Clara and Castelo Viegas. The population in 2011 was 11,624, in an area of 17.63 km².| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality with 11,900 residents
- Description: civil parish in Coimbra
- Also known as: “União das Freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Biblioteca Joanina and Portugal dos Pequenitos.
Biblioteca Joanina
Library
Photo: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Portugal dos Pequenitos
Theme park
Photo: Juntas, Public domain.
The Portugal dos Pequenitos is a miniature park in the civil parish of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas, in the municipality of Coimbra, in the Portuguese district of Coimbra.
Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due to frequent floods.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Santo António dos Olivais and São Martinho do Bispo.
Santo António dos Olivais
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santo António dos Olivais, 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 Coimbra, east of University Hill. Santo António dos Olivais is situated 4½ km northeast of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas.
São Martinho do Bispo
Suburb
São Martinho do Bispo is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 14,147, in an area of 16.96 km2. On 28 January 2013 it merged with Ribeira de Frades to form São Martinho do Bispo e Ribeira de Frades. São Martinho do Bispo is situated 4 km northwest of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas.
Santa Clara
Suburb
Santa Clara 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.
Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas
- Category: freguesia of Portugal
- Location: Coimbra, Coimbra District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Chinese: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- French: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- German: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- German: “União das Freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Portuguese: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Portuguese: “Uniao das Freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Spanish: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Spanish: “União das Freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- Turkish: “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- “Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
- “União das Freguesias de Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas”
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