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Coimbra| Capital of Coimbra district, west-central Portugal, situated on the right bank of the Mondego River, 180 km/112 mi north of Lisbon, and 32 km/19 mi from the Atlantic coast; population (2001) 138,500. There are textile and pottery industries, and paper and biscuits are produced. Coimbra is a bishopric, and was capital of Portugal from 1139 to 1260. There is a 12th-century Romanesque church (formerly a cathedral) incorporating part of an older mosque, and a 16th-century church, which has been the cathedral since 1772. The university, founded in Lisbon in 1290, was transferred to Coimbra in 1537. |
Coimbra| District of west-central Portugal, with a coastline on the Atlantic Ocean; area 3,955 sq km/1,527 sq mi; population (1993 est) 425,400; capital Coimbra. Industries include textiles, fishing, canning, and salt. The River Mondego flows through it. |
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| At the time of this research, Paulo Ferreira, Margarida Figueiredo, and Anselmo Mendes were with the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, 3030-215 Coimbra, Portugal, and Jose Velho was with Department of Geosciences, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. The content of the meeting between the Vatican aide and the elderly visionary, held at her convent in Coimbra, Portugal, was published by the Vatican Press Office on December 20, 2001. Santos or Joaquim Armando Ferreira, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciencias da Educacao, Universidade de Coimbra , Run do Colegio Novo, s/n, 3000 Coimbra, Portugal (e-mail: nop37070@mail. |