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. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the municipality of

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

, 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 merged with Castelo Viegas to form Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas.

Cultural heritage, monuments and other attractions

* Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova (National Monument) * Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (National Monument) * Quinta das Lágrimas * Portugal dos Pequenitos * Ponte de Santa Clara (bridge) * Coimbra University Stadium

References

Former parishes of Coimbra {{Coimbra-geo-stub