Parks and Gardens

Choupal

Planted in the beginning of the century passed to the fixing and defense of the artificial plumbing of the river, the Choupal occupies an area of surface of about 100 hectares. It was born of the necessity of domar the impetuosidade of Rio Mondego and thus to regularize its stream bed, but the taken workmanships the effect in this direction had irremediavelmente mutilated the local edílico and Coimbra, if they will not be taken measured in the opposite, hurries to lose it one of biggest myths of its history.




Botanical Garden

Very rich in exotic species of the whole world.
Established for the Marquis of Pigeon house aquando of the modernization of the University. It occupies about 13.5 hectares and he is situated together to the University.



Garden of the Sereia
Situated together to the Square of the Republic, also it is known by Fifth of Santa Cruz, having be part of the old Monastery of Santa Cruz.
In century XVIII, the zone landscaped and was endowed with artistic tanks, sources and an enclosure for the game of for.
In the end of the running tríplice it is the cascade, with extracted limy concreções of natural grottos of the outskirts of the city. Engloba also setecentistas historiados tile boards of Faith, Hope and Charity.

Park of the City (Dr. Manuel Braga)
Located together to Rio Mondego and close Da Ponte to Clara Saint, it is a pleasant place for a reconfortante stroll. During the first week of the month of May of each year, it is livened up by the estudantis parties of Coimbra, Queima of Tapes.










Penedo of the Homesickness/ Penedo da Saudade

Situated close to the Seminary, the Penedo of the Homesickness is one of the places most pleasant of the city. With flaring sight on one it has left of the city, had been placed diverse tablets with poems of some of the biggest countenances of the Portuguese literature of century XIX there.
In the south side, a monument in memory of Noble António of the authorship of the sculptors Tomás of the Coast and Machado João is placed Júnior.




Portugal of the Pequenitos

He is situated in Clara Saint, together to the Convent of Clara-a-Velha Saint.
The garden is divided in three parts:
- a dedicated one to the types most characteristic of the Portuguese houses;
- another one to main monuments of the country
- and 3ª, relative to the maritime discoveries
In the place miniatures that reach four meters of height, beyond the pavilions can be seen that represent the old Portuguese provinces.

Fifth of the Tears/ Quinta das Lagrimas
On verdejante place to the tragic love of Peter and Ines - Source of the Loves. There palacete of century XIX bes situated also magnificent.

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