Downtown Coimbra/ Baixa Citadina

She was one, between many, of the old gates of the wall of the city. The reforms that if had verified during the reign of D. Manuel, in 1541, where if proceeded the construction from the upper part where the chamber functioned, they had conferred the aspect to it that today if can observe.
The inferior part of the construction dates of century IX.






College of Graça
Established for D. João III in 1543, it was in charge of Frei Luis de Montoia.
Its façade was workmanship of Diogo de Castilho, one of the first Portuguese renascentistas constructions. Simple workmanship where sobressai a vestibule of classic strings. It would carry it, formed for two wide arcs, date of century XVII and is a little moved away from the input of the church.
The inward is of only ship, simple and choir-high headboard after the input. In the chapel-mor one meets retábulo maneirista in dated wood of upper quality of the centúria of Six hundred.
Claustro is of simple construction. The noble floor is a construction of century XVII.


College of S. Boaventura
Currently one meets sufficiently deprived of characteristics conserving, however, the setecentista basic structure. They now occupy its commercial edificios, establishments, habitations and diverse, resultant institutions of the extinguishing of the religious orders in 1834.







College of the Carmo

Situated in the Street of the Sofia, the construction of this college started for rollback of 1540 under the initiative of D.Frei Clean Baltasar. The 1597 church is dated of and claustro of 1600. The master of workmanships was arquitecto Francisco Fernandes, having, however, other on names to the construction of the edificio: Manuel João, António Fernandes and Onofre Simões.

The façade of the church is flat, with three arcs in the zone low that precede a covered forecourt. The upper part of the edificio is delimited by two sineiras towers.


Convent of S. Domingos

True center of the intelligensia coimbrã, is one of the most important colleges of the city.
What it is today the façade, is not more of the one than the old wall of the top of the chapel-mor. Its inward was customized the commercial center.
Projectado in 1560 for arquitecto to militate Isidoro de Almeida, the workmanships had never cheated to pass of the headboard and trancepto. The body and the ships had never passed of projecto.





Church of S. Tiago

One bes situated in the Old Square. Construction in dated românico style of century XI.
In century XVI, the construction of the installations of the Mesiricórdia de Coimbra, it deprived of characteristics for full the upper part of the temple. In 1861 it suffered from new rude blow with the widening from the Street from Coruche. Of this time the target was the headboard. In century XX the church would only have to recoup the tracing next to the original.

It is a church of three ships with wooden covering and triple headboard. Its two exterior vestibules are reason of interest for the value of its decoration. In the chapel-mor one meets retábulo of golden and marmoreada cut of undeniable beauty, dated of century XVIII. It possesss tambem in the wall of the left side a quatrocentista gótica chapel.




Church of Stª. Joust
Situated in the Street of the Sofia, it was initiated in 1710. Substítuiu the medieval temple of Justa Saint, whose remaining portions still if can see in the Place of fetichism of the Grass.
The flat façade and, of three floors, with two pilasters that divide it in the direction of the height in three plans. In retábulo come of the old church would frontaria exists one.
The very simple inward and; in the chapel-mor one is distinguished retábulo baroque, of the beginning of the reign of D.João V. the retábulos of the lateral chapels is also baroque, of century XVIII.
The paintings are setecentistas




Garden of the Sleeve

Located in the backs of Santa Cruz this construction meets renascentista. Previously, this set, known then for Source of the Sleeve, was placed in the center of one of the three claustros of Santa Cruz.
João of Ruão traced the plan of the workmanship, being the workmanship of would in charge of pedraria Pero de Évora, Diogo Fernandes and Fernão Luis. Of the workmanships of he would sing was responsible Jerónimo Alfonso.
The set compôe of a central body formed by a cupola with one lanternim seats on eight columns and tipped by four chapels.
The symbology of the monument is a mandate of the Source of the Life.


Monastery of Stª. Cruz
Located in full decrease city dweller, this edificio is clearly the most important monument of Coimbra, not only artisticamente as for its historical value.

Its construction had beginning 28 July of 1131 under the sponsorship of D. Afonso Enriques. It was located outside of the defensive walls, close to the natural Islamic border that was Rio Mondego. In 1172 the religious community counted already on 72 members, extraordinary number absolutely when compared with other communities, under the direcção of the prior S.Teotónio.

Robert would have been to the front of projecto and direcção of the workmanships. Its intention was to construct a church of only ship, tipped by three vaulted chapels; headboard tríplice and, in the opposing top, a nartex-tower-defensive.

The dependences of the edificio had been being modified with running of the times. The façade that today if can see, of century XVI, follows the strings of the one of the medieval time. Of the same century it is the vestibule, of the authorship of Diogo de Castilho, but whose escultórica workmanship belongs the Nicholas Chanterene. A triunfal arc of century XIX precedes would frontaria it.

When entering in the edificio the choir-high one is risen under our heads, of the authorship of Diogo de Castilho, with renascentista decoration of Juão de Ruão. Some chapels of seculos XIV and XV confide in the lateral façades, deserving have detached of the Mártires of Morocco. Equally deserving of attention, they are the set of baroque historiados tiles, in blue, dated of century XVIII. Worthy of a intent and delayed look it is the púlpito. This, in the opinion of the specialists, constitutes the notable more workmanship of Portuguese renascentista sculpture. Its author was Nicholas Chanterene who executed it between 1518 and 1521.

In the choir-high one, dated of century XVIII, an imponent orgão baroque of the authorship of Manuel meets Benito Gomes Herrera. In the chapel-mor we find a magnificent altar baroque, but the main reason of interest of the headboard inhabits in the tombs that are inhabited there. There they lie D. Afonso Enriques and D. Sancho I. To the construction of these tombs they had been on names as: Diogo de Castilho, João of Castilho, Nicholas Chanterene, Diogo Francisco, Pero Anes, Diogo Fernandes and João Fernandes.

Relatively to the Claustro of Silence, Pires knows itself that this was construido between 1517 and 1522, under the route of arquitecto regal Marcos. For claustro some dependences confide: Chapel of Jesus, Room of the Chapter, Coro-Alto, Refectory.

Note: To see available work in Mosaic on the Monastery of Santa Cruz.



Palace of Justice
It is installed in a edificio that retraces to century XVI: the College of S. Tomás. Suffering deep alterations to the long one from the centuries, the edificio had its initial construction in 1547. Claustro was initiated in 1555 under the prompt of Diogo de Castilho.

First the great remodelling of the edificio occurred in century XVIII e, the end of century XIX, was customized the residence of the Condes of the Ameal under the prompt of arquitecto Silva Pinto. Another remodelling would have of it to confer its current aspect, aquando of its adaptation the Palace of Justice.




Gate of Barbacã- Arco de Almedina

One meets together exactly to the sidewalk, a little below of the Arc of Almedina, and is a dated construction of century XV. The renascentista sculpture that exhibits is of the type of the outputs of the workshop of Juão de Ruão. This gate was ordered to construct for a trader of the city.








Old Square

Also known as Square of the Commerce. Its designation provém of the fact of, in century XVIII, to have been the place of election of the mercantile bourgeoisie coimbrã to erect its habitations. Here the commercial swaps and the artisan activities elapsed.
One beed situated tambem the quinhentista Real Hospital here; açougues of the people; the pillory; teatrais parts were imagined; faith files of legal documents became; etc.
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