Coimbra : a city of taverns ?

Wednesday, 18 August 2010 00:00

The City of Coimbra is organizing a survey of taverns in the Centro city, which was a meeting place for generations of poets and students, and to carry out a plan for revitalization, preservation, and enhancement through a "Route of the Tabernas de Coimbra.” The Tabernas establishments are characteristic of times past that have played an important role in the communities in which it operated, with evidence of economic, social, cultural and even political populations. They were also centers of society, especially among the working classes. The city of Coimbra was rich in taverns. The city has embarked on an exhaustive survey, and found more than 36 taverns in operation. This is the result of a first phase of survey / characterization of the taverns carried out, covering the parishes of Holy Cross and St. Bartholomew (the area of Baixa) and the parishes of Almedina and New Cathedral (included in the area of Upper).