Coimbra, the well-known student city, with one of the oldest universities in the world, it is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site.Coimbra is one of the richest Portuguese cities in history and it was the 2nd capital of the Kingdom of Portugal. It is believed that it was in Coimbra that D. Afonso Henriques, our first king, was born.This city perfectly combines the tradition of its history with its cultural evolution to sustain its candidacy for the European Capital of Culture for 2027.Did you know that Conímbriga is one of the richest archaeological sites in Portugal? Conímbriga was founded as a Celtic city of the Conii tribe at the end of the Iron Age.It was later occupied by the Romans, under the leadership of the famous Emperor Augustus, in the 2nd A.D.
