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Museu Machado de Castro Quinta das Lágrimas Jardim Botânico Penedo da Saudade Universidade de Coimbra Igreja de Santa Cruz

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• Museu Machado de Castro• Quinta das Lágrimas• Jardim Botânico• Penedo da Saudade• Universidade de Coimbra• Igreja de Santa Cruz

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Museu Machado de Castro

O The National Museum Machado de Castro is one of the most important museums of fine arts and archeology of Portugal. It is housed in the old Episcopal Palace of Coimbra, classified as a National Monument in 1910.

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Quinta das LágrimasO It is located on the left bank of the

Mondego river. Its gardens gather memories since the fourteenth century, ancient trees and its own history.

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Jardim BotânicoO It belongs to the Ibero-Macaronesian

Association of Botanic Gardens and BGCI (Botanical Gardens Conservation International), and presents conservation programs for the International Agenda for Botanic Gardens in Conservation. Its international identification code is COI.

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Penedo da SaudadeO Penedoda Saudade is a park and

viewpoint of Coimbra, built in 1849, which overlooks the river Mondego. Here you will find diverse vegetation, some plaques commemorating events related to academic life and poetry.

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Universidade de Coimbra

O It is the oldest University of Portugal. It has eight different colleges; architecture, education, engineering, humanities, law, mathematics, medicine, natural sciences, psychology, social sciences and sports. On June 22nd, 2013 it was declared World Heritage by UNESCO.

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Igreja de Santa CruzO The Church of Santa Cruz was

founded in 1131 with the support of D.Afonso Henriques and D. Sancho I, who are buried there. It is Manueline style and one of the main historical and artistic monuments of the country.

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O Work by: Diana Carvalho nº9 Joana Fernandes nº12 Mariana Bastos nº18