Talk:Coimbra

message: this guy elapsed doesnt know the basics of wikipedia and constantly puts is oppinion on wikipedia articles. There should be an avaliation on his additions to wikipedia as he adds biased info and often very unreliable info to wikipedia. Now he says that a much smaller students union of coimbra is the biggest in Portugal. -Pedro 4 July 2005 15:14 (UTC)
More, he added pictures to wikipedia without licence and some are very possibly copyrighted. Where are the admins? --Pedro 4 July 2005 15:17 (UTC)
The claim of the AAc being the biggest student association its not new and its quite known. It is sustained as its made by a unique entity, rather than the oporto students union made by a group of faculties! So the claim its true! 
The following assertions should also be revised: "With a dense urban grid the city of Coimbra is famous for its monuments, churches, libraries, numerous parks, gardens, nightlife, shopping facilities".
* "Libraries" - It is famous for the "Joanina" library. The "Central" library is hardly known, nationally, and the Municipal library is just your regular local library.
Saying that the Central Library is not know nationally its a poor mistake! Its the second one in numbers in Portugal. Several ones have incredible collections like the ones of several science departments and law studies!  
* "Numerous parks" - Are actually two. Which are contiguous/continuous and, thus, rather count as one.
Actually more. Vale de Canas, Choupal, Manuel Braga, Botânico and Sereia/ Santa Cruz can ben recognized as parks. Are they just 2? Seems more to me! And they are not contiguos! Do you even know Coimbra??
* "Numerous gardens" - Also just two. 
Well, gardens.. 2? Hmm... Casa do Sal, Penedo da Saudade, Parque Verde, Choupalinho... Do you want the complete list? I can show you a book of more than 20 green spaces in the city! 
* "Nightlife" - While known to the local inhabitants, Coimbra is hardly famous for it; in fact, locals go out of their way to party elsewhere (eg, in Figueira da Foz).
Coimbra nightlife its quite renowned and not only by its students parties, and although you say that people go elsewhere, thats hardly a fact! In fact, several people from the sourrondigs come to Coimbra to party and Figueira only works to the Summer months, more in August.
* "Shopping Facilities" - One mall, recent. One mall about to open. Until last year, people had to go to Aveiro, Porto or Lisbon to even see a mall. Coimbra is definitely not famous for its shopping. 
Not one, several ones. As for big shopping malls you can find two, the forum and dolce vita. As an habitant of Coimbra I went to Aveiro just to find brands that wasn't then in Coimbra, but thats not like nowadays. 
MIP 17:54, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: POV check

message: Can someone provide some evidence the claim that the University of Coimbra is the seventh oldest in Europe.  
The article currently states:
:The university founded in 1290 is the seventh oldest in Europe...
and then lists
#University of Bologna
#University of Oxford
#University of Paris
#University of Palencia
#University of Salamanca
#University of Cambridge
However, the University of Coimbra appears at around tenth in the List of oldest universities in continuous operation (after a couple of non-European universities):
# University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, founded 1088
# University of Oxford, Oxford, England, founded about 1096
# University of Paris, Paris, France, founded 1150 (now split between several autonomous universities)
# University of Modena, Modena, Italy, founded 1175
# University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, founded about 1209
# Salamanca University, Salamanca, Spain, founded 1218
# University of Padua, Padua, Italy, founded in 1222
# University of Naples, Naples, Italy, founded 1224
# University of Siena, Siena, Italy, founded 1240
# University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, founded in 1290 in Lisbon
I amended the statement to say:
:The university founded in 1290 is one of the oldest in Europe; ...
which is clearly correct, but this was reverted. -- ALoan (Talk) 20:10, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, it would be helpful to find out who claims the university is the seventh oldest in Europe - is there any evidence to justifiy the article's strong assertion.  For example, does the University claim that itself?  Do its students?  Anyone?  In any event, it is clearly one of the oldest, so that factual, NPOV statement could be reinstated.  I just didn't want to revert without discussing the point. -- ALoan (Talk) 22:24, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: That's why I reverted, they much be teached that way in the university! But I admit you are correct. Although using that List as a reference is not a good thing to do. -Pedro 22:59, 17 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, but in the absence of any evidence that it is the seventh oldest, surely we have to say one of the oldest?  Saying "they must be taught that way in the university" is hardly definitive! -- ALoan (Talk) 10:23, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Seventh oldest university in Europe?

message: I removed the following because it has not been verified and may not be reliable. Reliable sources needed! Page Up 01:40, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Freakish heat flash  

message: The article states that Coimbra is the top ranked university in the Portuguese-speaking world according to the THES/QS ranking of world universities. That is factually incorrect ! According to the latest QS ranking, Coimbra is ranked #318, below the University of São Paulo (#175) and the University of Campinas (#177).
Source: http://www.topuniversities.com/worlduniversityrankings/results/2007/overall_rankings/top_400_universities/0
Signature: 161.24.19.112 (talk) 12:34, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Incorrect Statement on Coimbra's QS ranking

message: It is a common and ugly mistake to state, that the University in Portugal was established first in Coimbra. It was established in Lisbon and between 1290 and 1537 it moved to Coimbra returning again to Lisbon. Only in 1537 did it definitely stayed in Coimbra.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.180.159.11 (talk) 20:16, 8 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  The University was established 1290 in Lisbon and not in Coimbra 

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message: 1. The article, in the "Middle Ages" section says "The most important work in Gothic style in the city is the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, founded on the left side of the river Mondego by Queen Elizabeth of Portugal in the first half of the 14th century." The caption of the image in the same section says "Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, refounded in 1314 by Queen Elizabeth of Portugal as a convent of Poor Clares in the parish of Santa Clara".
Was it founded or refounded? This needs to be consistent.
2. "A commission of five members, which included João Maria Baptista Callixto, António dos Santos Pereira Jardim, Roque Joaquim Fernandes Thomás, João Correia Ayres de Campos and António Egypcio Quaresma Lopes de Carvalho e Vasconcelos".
Is it really necessary and important to list all those names?
3. "The highest and lowest temperatures recorded in Coimbra are −7.8 °C (18.0 °F) and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) in 1941 and 1943."
This sentence needs to be revised. I would but I don't know if the dates are inverted as the temperatures.
4. "About 460,000 inhabitants live in the Região de Coimbra, consisting of 19 municipalities".
Before that statement, a list of 18 civil parishes is provided. I assume the text uses "municipalities" as in "civil parishes".
5. "Postal services are provided in 15 parishes (48.4%)"
What does it mean?
6. "0% travel for over 12 km in a single direction".
What's the meaning of this? It sounds silly.
7. "Machado de Castro Museum, the second most important one in Portugal, housed in the former Episcopal Palace".
What is "one"? The use of it is improper.
8. Santarém, Portugal is listed as a twinned city. What's the date?
ICE77 (talk) 06:12, 17 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Questions and comments