Founded in 1290, the University of Coimbra (UC) is one of the oldest universities in ... an astronomical observatory, a baroque library and an 18th century bell tower. The university also oversees a ...

The volume in Coimbra is among the best preserved of the handful whose whereabouts are known today. The book is worth north of $3 million, according to the university’s Joanine Library ...

De universiteit van Coimbra ligt op ... Key components of the university’s pedagogical institutions are the 16th & 17th century buildings including the Royal Palace of Alcáçova, St Michael’s Chapel, ...

In Coimbra, a colony of Common pipistrelle bats makes their home behind the bookshelves of the university’s Joanina Library, emerging at nightfall to consume flies and gnats and other pests ...

The University of Coimbra’s grand old Biblioteca Joanina houses both books and bats. tacoekkel For their new book, The Library: A World History, architectural historian James Campbell and ...