Santa Clara is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in the municipality of

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. It was also known as São Francisco or São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855. The population in 2011 was 9,929, in an area of 9.77 km². On 28 January 2013 it with

Castelo Viegas Castelo Viegas is a former Freguesia, civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 1,695, in an area of 7.11 km2. On 28 January 2013 it merged with Santa Clara, Coimbra, Santa Clara to form Santa Clara e Cas ...

to form

Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas is a civil parish in the municipality of Coimbra, Portugal. It was formed in 2013 by the merger of the former parishes Santa Clara and Castelo Viegas Castelo Viegas is a former Freguesia, civil parish in the municipali ...

Cultural heritage, monuments and other attractions

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova () is a monastery in Coimbra, Portugal. It was built to replace the mediaeval Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, located nearby, which at the time was prone to frequent flooding by the waters of the Mondego river ...

(National monument) *

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Clare) are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due t ...

(National monument) *

Quinta das Lágrimas ''Quinta das Lágrimas'' () is a quinta in Coimbra. It was classifiedPortugal dos Pequenitos The Portugal dos Pequenitos (translated as ''Portugal of/for the Little Ones'') is a miniature park in the civil parish of Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas, in the municipality of Coimbra, in the Portuguese district of Coimbra. The park consists of dim ...

Ponte de Santa Clara {{Infobox Bridge, bridge_name=Ponte de Santa Clara, image=Ponte Santa Clara - panoramio.jpg, caption=, coordinates={{Coord, 40, 12, 22, N, 8, 25, 50, W, region:PT, display=inline,title, carries=, crosses=Mondego River, locale=Coimbra, Portugal, o ...

(bridge) *

Coimbra University Stadium The Coimbra University Stadium (Portuguese: ''Estádio Universitário de Coimbra''), or EUC, is an extensive sports complex of the University of Coimbra on Mondego's left bank, in Santa Clara parish, in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The stadium ...

References

Former parishes of Coimbra {{Coimbra-geo-stub