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Coimbra, Portugal - Museu Machado de Castro - view from a picture window looking downhill towards the old cathedral (Se' Velha) with its cupola, and the Mondego River in the background
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Coimbra, Portugal - ornate nineteenth century bank on the Largo do Portagem (Tollhouse) Square
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Coimbra, Portugal - looking down the Sargento Mor from the steps leading to the Praca de Comercio
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Coimbra, Portugal -- the Church of Sao Tiago (originally 12th century)
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Coimbra, Portugal -- the Church of Sao Tiago (late 12th century) - decorated small columns to the left of its doorway
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Coimbra, Portugal -- the Church of Sao Tiago (late 12th century) - interior
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Coimbra, Portugal - girls' dolls in the uniform of Coimbra University students
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Coimbra, Portugal - the the west front of the Church-Monastery of Santa Cruz (late 12th century; reconstructed 1502-1524)
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Coimbra, Portugal - the interior of the Church-Monastery of Santa Cruz (late 12th century; reconstructed 1502-1524)
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz -the interior of the Cafe Santa Cruz, which occupies a deconsecrated church
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz -the upper portion of the facade of the Cafe Santa Cruz, which occupies a deconsecrated church
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - 18th century azulejos depicting the discovery of the True Cross(es) by St. Helena, mother of Constantine the Great
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz -Renaissance puplit (c. 1520) with 18th century azulejos
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - close-up of the tomb effigy of King Afonso Henriques (1128/39-1185), founder of the kingdom of Portugal
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - tomb of King Afonso Henriques (1128/39-1185), the founder of the Portuguese state
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - tomb effigy of King Sancho I (1185-1211)
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Alcobaca, Portugal - doorways and vaulted room beyond in the Abbey of Alcobaca
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - top portion of the altar
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - - the Cloister of Silence (1517, a work of the architect/builder Marcos Pies)
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - looking back from the altar towards the entrance
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - the organ (18th century?)
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - - the choir loft above the nave
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - the choir loft (Coro Alto) upstairs
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - panorama of the relics room
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Coimbra, Portugal - Church/Monastery of Santa Cruz - relics room
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Coimbra, Portugal - fountain with azulejos near the municipal market
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Coimbra, Portugal - grafitti comemorating the 45th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution of April 25, 1974
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Coimbra, Portugal - student "republica" (fraternity)
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Coimbra, Portugal - old church next to the Machado de Castro Museum in the upper town
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Coimbra, Portugal - Museu Machado de Castro - model of the Roman cryptoporticus of Aeminium
