Baixa

Monuments in Baixa

A royal pantheon, a surviving town gate and a church on the market square, all within a ten-minute flat walk.

The Arco de Almedina gate and tower at the foot of the Quebra-Costas climb, Coimbra
Free admission

Arco de Almedina

Coimbra’s surviving town gate: free to walk through at any hour, with a municipal museum in the tower above that most visitors never manage to catch open.

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The Manueline facade of the Mosteiro de Santa Cruz on Praça 8 de Maio, Coimbra

Mosteiro de Santa Cruz

A National Pantheon on the Baixa’s main square: two royal tombs you can see for nothing, and a cloister, sacristy and high choir most visitors never buy.

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The Romanesque west front of the Igreja de São Tiago on Praça do Comércio, Coimbra

Igreja de São Tiago

One of Coimbra’s oldest buildings, on the Baixa’s busiest square, and the hardest to get information about: no official page publishes its hours or admission.

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