Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . ANCIENT COINS Coin of Dalmatius Coin of Cos. Burns. The word is also used as a fan-ciful designation for Scotland. COIMBRA, capital of tha Portugueseprovince of Beira, on a hill above theMondego river, here crossed by a stonebridge, 135 miles N. N. E. of Lisbon. Itsstreets are steep and narrow, its manu-factures confined chiefly to earthenwareand combs. The place derives its namefrom the Roman Conimhrica, traces ofwhich lie to the S.; it was held by theGoths, and from them
Collier's new encyclopedia : a loose-leaf and self-revising reference work ..with 515 illustrations and ninety-six maps . ANCIENT COINS Coin of Dalmatius Coin of Cos. Burns. The word is also used as a fan-ciful designation for Scotland. COIMBRA, capital of tha Portugueseprovince of Beira, on a hill above theMondego river, here crossed by a stonebridge, 135 miles N. N. E. of Lisbon. Itsstreets are steep and narrow, its manu-factures confined chiefly to earthenwareand combs. The place derives its namefrom the Roman Conimhrica, traces ofwhich lie to the S.; it was held by theGoths, and from them passed to theMoors, from whom it was finally con-quered in 1064, by Fernando the Great,aided by the gallant Cid. Coimbra wasthe capital of Portugal for about twocenturies and a half from its erectioninto a kingdom, in 1139, and many ofthe early kings are buried in and aroundthe old town. Of the public buildings,the most noteworthy are the older ofthe tv/o cathedrals, the Church of SanSalvador, and the ruined Convent ofSanta Clara; across the river is theQuintet das Lagrimas (House ofTears), where Inez de Castro was
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