Palácio dos Grilos / Casa dos Professores / Colégio dos Grilos / Colégio de Santa Rita
19th century building of plant in U, with three floors and facades topped off in double cornice. It was built in 1755 by Barefoot Hermits of St. Augustine, also known as friars crickets. After the extinction of the order, belonged to a State Organization, a Republic of students and several private educational institutions. In 1920, functioned as sporadic residence de Oliveira Salazar and Cardinal Cerejeira. Currently, works here the General Secretariat of the University and the Home of the University of Coimbra.
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Monuments near Palácio dos Grilos / Casa dos Professores / Colégio dos Grilos / Colégio de Santa Rita
Edifício do Colégio de Santo António da Pedreira/ Casa da Infância Doutor Elysio de Moura / Casa-Museu Elysio de Moura
Former College founded in 1602 by the Franciscan province of St. Anthony of the observance. In 1834, with the extinction of the religious orders, was abandoned…
Aqueduto de São Sebastião / Arcos do Jardim
Work dated from the late XVI century, with 21 arches and a 1km length. It was constructed to bring water to the high part of the city. The building plan was ma…
Arco e Torre de Almedina
The Almedina arch was part of the medieval walls, going back to the XI century, as the Arabian toponym that means “the city” indicates. Nowadays it is the en…
