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	Perfil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Coimbra is a city placed in the edges of the river of Mondego, 185 kilometers away from Lisbon and 98 kilometers awaey from Porto.
		The district of Coimbra has an area of 3,956 approximately km2, that it is extended from the coast to the interior.
		Coimbra is a university city, being known over all for the raised standards of its services and for the wealth of its cultural patrimone.
	www.c14-imobiliaria.com /en/coimbra.htm (119 words)

	Coimbra, Portugal
		Coimbra is a city and the capital of the district of Coimbra in Portugal.
		Coimbra is set by the Mondego River, about 40 km east of Figueira da Foz, a neighbour coastal city with several beaches, summer and seaport facilities on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
		The Coimbra City Festival is in honor of the Holy Queen Isabel, wife of the King Dom Dinis and patriarch of the city.
	www.creekin.net /c6116-n150-coimbra-portugal.html (1153 words)

	Travel to Coimbra Portugal - Picture Gallery, Hotels
		It is the district seat of Coimbra district and capital of Centro region.
		Coimbra is considered, alongside Braga, the third most important city of Portugal outside Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas, and plays a role as the chief city of the central part of the country.
		Coimbra is one of Portugal's oldest cities (it already was an important municipality in Roman times) and is home to one of the world's first universities.
	www.travel2lisbon.com /Coimbra/Coimbra.html (366 words)

	Chapter 6: History of Spain and Portugal
		The Coimbra-Mondego region to the south was retaken in 1064 and established as a new territory of Coimbra, administratively separate from the Portugalense.
		Coimbra and the Portugalense, however, continued to be relatively isolated by the rugged barrier of the Tras-os-Montes district and increasingly at odds with their cultural cousins to the north, who were under antagonistic political and ecclesiastical leadership.
		He moved his seat of government southward to Coimbra and for eleven years used the title Prince of Portugal, Afonso was an aggressive military leader and won a notable victory in 1139 that reduced the Muslims of the Santarem district to tributary status.
	libro.uca.edu /payne1/payne6.htm (7159 words)

	Portugal - district flags (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		All of those very seldom seen — district governors (also very seldom seen themselves), in “institucional pose”, usually appear in front of (or by the side of) the portuguese national flag.
		According to Flaggenbuch [neu39], 2:3 white swallow-tailed flag with green horizontal stripe and the sphere and the shield overall in the middle.
		The two municpalities of Macao are not attached to any district, and East Timor had it’s portuguese administrative entities in a void during the indonesian occupation (1975-1999), these consisting of the district of Dili (covering the whole territory) and the local municipalities (13) and communes (64).
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/pt-_d.html (603 words)

	Coimbra, Portugal
		Portugal > Coimbra > Beira > Coastal Beira
		Rich in tradition, the old University town of Coimbra, principal town of its own district and the see of a bishop, lies halfway between Lisbon and Oporto in the hilly country of Beira Litoral.
		On the left bank is the district of Santa Clara with two former convents and a miniature village.
	www.planetware.com /portugal/coimbra-p-coim-coim.htm (456 words)

	The Internationalization of Portuguese Historiography
		She then goes on to study an important collection of 73 letters sent by Prince Pedro, Duke of Coimbra, between 1429 and 1448, the vast majority of which was sent to the municipal district of Coimbra and its “good men" (i.e.
		A quantitative study of the correspondence recorded by the copyists of the Lisbon and Porto Misericórdias enabled Maria Antónia Lopes, in her chapter entitled Communications in the Misericórdias, to measure and chart the communication flows irradiating from two of the country’s largest fraternities to diverse points in mainland Portugal and in the overseas territories.
		Starting in 1537, the University of Coimbra was to become “the Kingdom’s most important intellectual centre”, providing training in several areas of knowledge and conferring “valid qualifications for the performance of high office in royal and ecclesiastical administrations or the professions”.
	www.brown.edu /Departments/Portuguese_Brazilian_Studies/ejph/html/issue6/html/coelhoneto_main.html (3621 words)

	Fires rage out of control across Portugal -- Middle East Times
		Officials said that 32 fires were out of control and a national state of emergency was declared in the central Coimbra region, where the fire was advancing on several fronts including on the outskirts of the tourist resort of Miranda do Corvo, not far from Coimbra, the parched nation's third-largest city.
		With a change in wind direction Coimbra itself was no longer threatened by the flames, but firefighters were on guard against the possibility of flare-ups in the charred areas near the city.
		Emergency workers were evacuating residents from a village near Coimbra because of the threat from thick smoke and advancing flames, TSF reported.
	www.metimes.com /print.php?StoryID=20050823-060620-1213r (590 words)

	Portugal-Fires
		Firefighters said flames surrounding Coimbra, north of Lisbon, had reached some parts of the city of more than 100,000 people and the mayor said the blaze to the south was moving quickly.
		Further south, Coimbra, the country's third-largest city, was surrounded by fires moving on two fronts, firefighters said.
		Another large fire was burning in Abrantes in the district of Santarem, 80 kilometres north of Lisbon, where 200 firefighters were battling the flames on five fronts.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/050822/w082246.html (649 words)

	Coimbra District - 2 - Portugal - images - Portugalia.org - Condeixa-a-Nova, Mira, Oliveira do Hospital, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Coimbra District - 2 - Portugal - images - Portugalia.org - Condeixa-a-Nova, Mira, Oliveira do Hospital, Conímbriga, Tábua, Cantanhede, Montemor-o-Velho, Figueira da Foz
		Figueira da Foz: mosaic at the court house
		Neighbouring Districts: Guarda, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Viseu, Aveiro
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/coimbra2.html (50 words)

	The silver coast, Figueira da Foz, Averio. » Portugal 4 Life
		Figueira da Foz is a city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal.
		It is located at the mouth of the Mondego river, 40 km West of Coimbra, and sheltered by the Serra (mountain) da Boa Viagem.
		Knowing the great importance rivers had in the development of cities and of ancient civilizations, the mouth of the Mondego must have played a central role for the fixation of men in this region and for the formation of settlements, which were the beginning of the city of Figueira da Foz.
	www.portugal4life.info /The-Silver-Coast.asp (667 words)

	Urban Audit - CityProfiles
		Coimbra is chiefly known for its famous university, which was founded in 1290.
		Coimbra municipal council is composed of 31 freguesias (LAU2 units).
		Coimbra is also the capital of Coimbra district, where a civil governor (governador civil) represents the central government.
	www.urbanaudit.org /CityProfiles.aspx?CityCode=PT005C&CountryCode=PT (246 words)

	Coimbra, Portugal, Pictures
		Coimbra was the capital of Portugal from 1139 to about 1260.
		The University of Coimbra was founded (1290) by King Diniz in Lisbon, and after several moves was permanently settled at Coimbra in 1537.
		The city contains a magnificent library, museums, an aqueduct rebuilt on Roman foundations, and a number of important churches and monasteries, among which are a Romanesque cathedral dating from the 12th century and the 16th-century Church of Santa Cruz.
	www.greatestcities.com /Europe/Portugal/Coimbra_city.html (226 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lamego
		Diocese situated in the district of Vizeu, province of Beira, Portugal.
		At the instance of Archbishop Peter of Santiago de Compostela, Innocent III, in 1199, re-arranged the Dioceses of Coimbra, Vizeu, Lamego, and Egitania (the present Guarda), allotting the first two to the Archbishopric of Braga and the last two to Santiago de Compostela (Flórez, op.
		Clement XIV (10 July, 1770) created the Diocese of Pinhel (Pinelensis) in the aforesaid district, which, however, was suppressed by Leo XIII by the Bull "Gravissimum" (30 Sept., 1881), which replaced Lamego under the metropolitan of Braga and gave new limits to the diocese.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08761b.htm (750 words)

	COIMBRA - Online Information article about COIMBRA
		Coimbra is built for the most See also:
		kingdom—an institution which was originally established at Lisbon in 1291, was transferred to Coimbra in 1306, was again removed to Lisbon, and was finally fixed at Coimbra in 1527.
		The administrative district of Coimbra coincides with the south-western part of Beira; pop.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CLI_COM/COIMBRA.html (798 words)

	The Portugal Resident - Algarve and Greater Lisbon - News, information and classifieds
		In the same district, forest was burning in Quinta do Socorro, in the borough of Caminha, and 27 local firemen were at work, supported by seven fire engines.
		In the Porto district, another fire was raging in Fridão, Amarante, and was being fought by 46 firemen supported by 12 vehicles.
		Finally, in the district of Viseu, a fire broke out in Carvalhal de Vermilhas, in the borough of Vouzela, and was being desperately fought by a total of 57 men with 15 fire engines.
	portugalresident.com /portugalresident/showstory.asp?ID=9147 (674 words)

	Portugal - district flags
		All of those very seldom seen — district governors (also very seldom seen themselves), in “institucional pose”, usually appear in front of (or by the side of) the portuguese national flag.
		There is also a district governor flag (2:3 white swallowtail with green horizontal stripe and the portuguese arms over all).
		The two municpalities of Macao are not attached to any district, and East Timor had it’s portuguese administrative entities in a void during the indonesian occupation (1975-1999), these consisting of the district of Dili (covering the whole territory) and the local municipalities (13) and communes (64).
	www.st-georges-cross.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/pt-_d.html (295 words)

	[v*c] Map: Coimbra Centre (city map/street plan)
		Across the Mondego, the Old and New convents of St. Clare honour the memory of Coimbra's patron saint, Queen Isabel (1271-1336), and the site is also linked to the unhappy lover of king Pedro, Inês de Castro, who was stabbed to death here in 1355.
		Coimbra offers many other sites to explore and events all year round but it grows specially lively in May, when students celebrate the end of the academic year with the "Queima das Fitas" (symbolic burning of the faculty ribbons) and lots of music, drinking and merry-making through the streets.
		Near the University Hospital, in the new residential district of Coimbra, provides the guest with a quiet, peaceful atmosphere, wh...
	viajar.clix.pt /com/geo.php?c=143&lg=en&mc=coimbra2&mg=1 (364 words)

	Portugal getting best of fires (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Four forest fires were still burning, although seven fires, including the main one burning in the central district of Coimbra, had been extinguished by exhausted firefighters, officials said.
		Rescuers said the pilot was slightly injured in the crash, which was caused by a mechanic fault.
		In many cases, rural residents were returning home to a moonscape of flened land, with trees and shrubs destroyed and only charred soil left where native forest and crops stood a few days ago.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_1759240,00.html (417 words)

	CTV.ca \| Portugal wildfires burning out of control
		Firefighters said flames surrounding Coimbra, north of Lisbon, had reached some parts of the city of more than 100,000 people and the mayor said the blaze to the south was moving quickly.
		Further south, Coimbra, the country's third-largest city, was surrounded by fires moving on two fronts, firefighters said.
		Another large fire was burning in Abrantes in the district of Santarem, 80 kilometres north of Lisbon, where 200 firefighters were battling the flames on five fronts.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1124731858599_120141058/?hub=World (710 words)

	coimbra
		Coimbra Hotels Coimbra?s pride as the once Portuguese capital city is still shining when eight centuries passed.
		The Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra was founded in 1772-1774 and it was integrated in the Natural History Museum established by the Marquis of Pombal.
		Coimbra, one of the oldest university cities of Europe.
	www.travelmate.com.tw /coimbra,47953.phtml (232 words)

	Tryp Coimbra Hotel \| Cheap Hotels Coimbra \| Discount Hotels Coimbra \| Budget Hotels Coimbra \| Hotel Finder Coimbra \| ...
		This 4 star hotel is located in the city center of Coimbra and was established in 1994.
		Tryp Coimbra Hotel is located near the centre of Coimbra, on a hillside just 100 meters from the University Hospital.
		Tryp Coimbra Hotel is situated in a choice location near the University Hospital in the new residential district of Coimbra.
	www.otel.com /hotels/tryp_coimbra_hotel.htm (292 words)

	Times Argus: Vermont News & Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		More than 540 firefighters supported by 150 fire trucks and seven air tankers were battling blazes in the Coimbra district alone.
		Some residents were due to return to their homes, Coimbra's Gov. Henrique Fernandes said, but many will find a flened landscape.
		In the Miranda do Corvo area of Coimbra, residents applauded as German helicopters helping to fight the blaze flew overhead, dousing flames with water, the Jornal de Noticias newspaper said.
	www.timesargus.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050825/NEWS/508250320/1002/NEWS01 (462 words)

	CLUBE DE FUTEBOL UNIÃO DE COIMBRA v. PORTUGAL - 27295/95 [1998] ECHR 66 (30 July 1998)
		The object of the application and of the request was to obtain a decision as to whether the facts of the case disclosed a breach by the respondent State of its obligations under Article 6 § 1 of the Convention.
		On 18 May 1998 the association confirmed the terms of the friendly settlement, in a letter that was also signed by Mr Pinto Ângelo in his capacity as the association’s attorney with regard to the friendly settlement.
		On 18 December 1984 the judge of Coimbra District Court replied that the “instructions to summon [one of the successful tenderers] had not yet been executed because the Court was overloaded with work”.
	www.worldlii.org /eu/cases/ECHR/1998/66.html (2927 words)

	Fires erupt again in Portugal after short reprieve \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		More than 540 firefighters supported by 150 firetrucks and seven air tankers were battling blazes in the Coimbra district alone.
		Four more people were arrested yesterday on suspicion of arson – raising to 122 the number of people detained this year on suspicion of deliberately starting fires.
		More than 1,620 firefighters were involved in the effort, and about 600 members of the armed forces were deployed to areas where fires were under control.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050825/news_1n25portugal.html (430 words)

	Study Abroad Portuguese Courses and Homestays - Eurolingua Institute
		Praia da Tocha, a wonderful and quiet beach surrounded by a pine forest in the central part of Portugal, is located 50 kms west from Coimbra (district capital and historical/universitary city), 250kms north from Lisbon and 150 kms South from Oporto).
		There are 3 restaurants and several snack bars as well as 3 pubs on the beach open all year round.
		If you are a nightlife lover, Coimbra is the place to visit due to its universitary population.
	www.eurolingua.com /Portuguese_in_Praia-da-Tosha.htm (368 words)

	Accommodation in Tryp Coimbra Hotel Portugal
		This 4 star hotel is located in the city centre of Coimbra and was established in 1994.
		Tryp Coimbra Hotel is located near the centre of Coimbra, on a hillside just 100 meters from the University Hospital.
		Tryp Coimbra Hotel is situated in a choice location near the University Hospital in the new residential district of Coimbra.
	www.accommodationow.com /accommodation/tryp_coimbra_hotel.htm (137 words)

	Portugal fires blaze out of control - Turkish Daily News Aug 23, 2005
		The worst fire was burning in Abrantes in the district of Santarem, 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Lisbon, where 200 firefighters were battling the flames on five fronts.
		Coimbra, the country's third-largest city with 107,000 people, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) north of Lisbon, was surrounded by several fire fronts, firefighters said.
		On Sunday, Prime Minister Jose Socrates visited the Pampilhosa da Serra area of Coimbra district, where a large fire had been ablaze for five days last week about 85 kilometers (52.8 miles) east of Coimbra city.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=21515 (635 words)

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