Santa Clara is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

in the municipality of

Coimbra Coimbra (, also , , or ), officially the City of Coimbra (), is a city and a concelho, municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2021 census was 140,796, in an area of . The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Po ...

, Portugal. It was also known as São Francisco or São Francisco da Ponte after its foundation in 1855. The population in 2011 was 9,929, in an area of 9.77 km². On 28 January 2013 it merged with Castelo Viegas to form Santa Clara e Castelo Viegas.

Cultural heritage, monuments and other attractions

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova The Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova () is a monastery in Coimbra, Portugal. It was built to replace the mediaeval Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, located nearby, which at the time was prone to frequent flooding by the waters of the Mondego river ...

(National Monument) *

Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha The ruins of the Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha (Old St. Clare) are located in the city of Coimbra, in Portugal. The monastery was built in the 14th century on the left bank of the Mondego River, but had to be abandoned in the 17th century due t ...

(National Monument) *

Quinta das Lágrimas Quinta may refer to: * Quinta (estate) in Portugal * Quinta (musician), British multi-instrumentalist * In medieval music theory, alternative term for diapente (perfect fifth) * ''Quinta'' (skipper), genus of butterflies * Claudia Quinta, Roman ma ...

* Portugal dos Pequenitos *

Ponte de Santa Clara {{Infobox Bridge, bridge_name=Ponte de Santa Clara, image=Ponte Santa Clara - panoramio.jpg, caption=, coordinates={{Coord, 40, 12, 22, N, 8, 25, 50, W, region:PT, display=inline,title, carries=, crosses=Mondego River, locale=Coimbra, Portugal, o ...

(bridge) *

Coimbra University Stadium The Coimbra University Stadium (Portuguese: ''Estádio Universitário de Coimbra''), or EUC, is an extensive sports complex of the University of Coimbra on Mondego's left bank, in Santa Clara parish, in the city of Coimbra, Portugal. The stadiu ...

References

Former parishes of Coimbra {{Coimbra-geo-stub