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Sé Nova (Coimbra)
Sé Nova is a former civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Coimbra (Sé Nova, Santa Cruz, Almedina e São Bartolomeu). It has a population of 8,295 inhabitants and a total area of 1.43 km2. Monuments * Colégio de São Jerónimo (college) * Aqueduto de São Sebastião (aqueduct) * Igreja de Santa Ana ou Convento de Santa Ana (convent) * Portal do Colégio de São Tomás (college) * Sé Nova de Coimbra or Colégio dos Jesuítas or Igreja das Onze Mil Virgens (cathedral) * Igreja de São Salvador (Sé Nova) (church) * Paço Episcopal de Coimbra or Museu Nacional de Machado de Castro (museum) * Paços da Universidade or Paços das Escolas (part of the university) *Parque de Santa Cruz or Jardim da Sereia (a large park/Garden of the Mermeid) * Jardim Botânico (botanical garden) of Coimbra University The University of Coimbra (UC; pt, Universidade de Coimbra, ) is a public research university in Coimbra, Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freguesia (Portugal)
''Freguesia'' (), usually translated as "parish" or "civil parish", is the third-level administrative subdivision of Portugal, as defined by the 1976 Constitution. It is also the designation for local government jurisdictions in the former Portuguese overseas territories of Cape Verde and Macau (until 2001). In the past, was also an administrative division of the other Portuguese overseas territories. The ''parroquia'' in the Spanish autonomous communities of Galicia and Asturias is similar to a ''freguesia''. A ''freguesia'' is a subdivision of a ''município'' (municipality). Most often, a parish takes the name of its seat, which is usually the most important (or the single) human agglomeration within its area, which can be a neighbourhood or city district, a group of hamlets, a village, a town or an entire city. In cases where the seat is itself divided into more than one parish, each one takes the name of a landmark within its area or of the patron saint from the usually cot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
