The old and modern Coimbra, my city:)
Photos of Daniel322 and various authores.



http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/2173690922_95b281e220_b.jpg

Areal View of Coimbra
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/arealviewofcoimbra-2.jpg

Pateo das Escolas - University
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/PateodasEscolas.jpg

Old facultys of university
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/oldfacultysofuniversity.jpg

Holly Cross Church
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/HollyCrossChurch-2.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/semttulo-2.jpg

Street in Historic Centre
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/1-2.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/streetinhistoriccentre.jpg

Old Cathedral
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/OldCathedral.jpg
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/oldcathedral2.jpg

Old Buildings
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/oldbuildings.jpg

Sofia Street at Christmas (Downtown)
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/Sofiastreetatchristmasdowntown.jpg

Portugal Bank in Downtown
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/portugalbankindowntown.jpg

The Sacred Hill
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/thesacredhill.jpg

King D. Pedro V Elevator
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/ElevatorKingDPedroV.jpg

View
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/DSC01846.jpg

Old City
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/oldcity.jpg

View from Santa Clara
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/viewfromsantaclara.jpg

in a museum
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/PICT0205.jpg




Stadium
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/stadium.jpg

Sunset in Coimbra
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/sunset.jpg

Solum District
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/Solumdistrict.jpg

Docas - a new zone near Mondego River
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/docas-anewdistrictnearmondegoriver.jpg

Esplanade with sight for the city
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/esplanadewithsightforthecity.jpg

Pavilion to concerts, sports, etc
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/multisportspavilion.jpg

a shopping
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/ashopping.jpg

Elisio de Moura Avenue
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/ElisiodeMouraAvenue.jpg

View in Pinhal de Marrocos Park to the moderns districts
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/viewinpinhaldemarrocospark.jpg

Pedrestian Bridge Pedro & Ines
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/PedrestianBridgePedroInes.jpg

the stadium at night
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/thestadiumatnight.jpg

One avenue
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/thetrafic.jpg

View in the Vale do Inferno Belvedere
http://i263.photobucket.com/albums/ii159/rubenbriosa/ViewintheValedoInfernobelvedere.jpg

:)

Thanks for the pics, I've never seen images of this city before.
Like in Porto and Lisbon the oldtown looks very nice.

Btw: This should go to 'Cityscapes and Skyline Photos'. Urban Showcase is only for your own pics.

what a beautiful little town!

^^Coimbra have a 200.000 inhabitants (present population) and 500.000 in metro area..
Berlin it's gigant but Coimbra it's not little..:)

200mil... mais um bocadinho e supera o porto, loool 150 mil é mais real ruben... e os 500.000 é numa de região metropolitana, no mesmo sentido em que terias braga na zona de influência do porto...

mas é bem, o teu thread tá a ter algum sucesso... sim senhor!

voces ai' em cima que se entendam. a nossa area metropolitana e' oficial enquanto essa vossa nao. 200.00 e expliquei e' como populaçao presente. so' nao percebeste porque nao quiseste. ou melhor percebeste mas tavas com medo que coimbra ultrapassasse o porto:lol: para mim o porto tem por volta de um milhao nao te preocupes:lol:

vê no Cityscapes and Skyline Photos.. esta' a ter um bocadinho mais de sucesso:lol:

^^ então pessoal, não é sitio para falar em tuguês.;)

Nice pics, Coimbra is such a fantastic city!:okay:
But you should put some more photos from Sé Nova, Sá da Bandeira, Quinta das Lágrimas, Sta Clara-a-Velha and Emidio Navarro!;)

very nice!!!

Amazing!!! Coimbra from yesterday for today grew up around 300% to be now with 500 000 habitants in their "metropolitan" area!!!

go to Google earth and see how big it is lol.... oh sorry the pictures are very old, Coimbra grow very fast, not updated.

all we know that yours braga is the greater in the world

I don't care who is bigger or smaller, i just care about the true and you are lying.

- You are saying metropolitan area of Coimbra have a population of 500 000.

- When Coimbra district have in fact not more than 450 000 hab in 3 947 km².

- This gives a 112/km² density for a metropolitan area.

- We all can see in this next image the size Coimbra district comparing with Portugal map.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/LocalDistritoCoimbra.svg/200px-LocalDistritoCoimbra.svg.png

- To conclude, what ruben.briosa is trying to say, is all that red zone in the map is the "metropolitan area of Coimbra".

- Anyone agree with him?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coimbra_%28district%29


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PS: I'm not from Braga, but i will reply with your own arguments:

Metropolitan Area of Braga
- Population: 831 368 (2x more)
- Area: 2 673 km² (1.5x smaller)
- Density: 311/km² (3x more than Coimbra)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/LocalDistritoBraga.svg/200px-LocalDistritoBraga.svg.png

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braga_%28district%29

Coimbra district it's not the coimbra metro area. you are from famalicao in braga district.

no exist braga metro area but minho metro area.

Great pictures there. Thanks for sharing, I never realised how far north it was.

it looks wonderful! :cheers:

it looks wonderful! :cheers:

it is wonderful! one of the most beautiful cities in Portugal :) for anyone interested, there are more pics here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=510585) about the city :cheers:

Nice pics and a nice town...but...

This section is to present self made images of urban settings, this to distinguish from the general Cityscapes and Skyline Photos in which all urban images can be posted. Enjoy.