Penedo da Saudade, previously known as ''Pedra dos Ventos'' (Boulder of the Winds) is a historical public garden in

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ) is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of . The fourth-largest urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto Metropolitan Area, Porto, and Bra ...

, Portugal. The garden has partial views of Coimbra skyline and the Coimbra City Stadium. A long winding walkway leads down the hill through a wooded area, from the main section of the garden all the way down to Infanta Dona Maria street.

History

Removed

Monuments

Beyond the many stone slabs with poems and songs from past students of the

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, the garden also is also home to three monuments: A statue depicting Portuguese poet and educationalist

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, as well as a bust of writer Eça de Queirós, and another of romantic poet António Nobre.

References

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