Coimbra University

This interesting and beautiful card is sent to me by my friend Joao. Hey, friend, you send me more Portuguese cards than I receive via official postcrossing site, huh :)

The University of Coimbra is a Portuguese public university in Coimbra, Portugal. Established in 1290, it is one of the oldest universities in continuous operation in the world, the oldest university of Portugal, and one of its largest higher education and research institutions. It is organized into eight different faculties according to a wide range of fields, granting academic bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees in arts, engineerings, humanities, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, sports and technologies. It is a founding member of the Coimbra Group, a group of leading European research universities, whose inaugural meeting it hosted. The University of Coimbra has approximately 20,000 students, and hosts one of the largest communities of international students in Portugal, being the most cosmopolitan Portuguese university.

On June 22, 2013, UNESCO added the university to its World Heritage List

As usual Joao sticked nice stamps for me. Thanks again! I really appreciated all your efforts!