Very nice big scary statue. Worth the plane journey, 2 hour bus ride and the long, tedious climb my group went through to get to the top. Once there we were greeted by this and we feel like our trip is complete.

Square with the statue of the Portuguese king who created the University of Coimbra: Dom Dinis.

(Translated by Google) The magnificent King Denis statue located in the university district of the city of Coimbra. There are historical stairs just below. It is located in the square of the same name and this square is one of the important meeting places of the city. Denis (Dinis) in the statue was one of the most important kings of Portugal. He was a successful king who ruled the country for 46 years from the end of the 1200s. Denis, also called the King of the Poet and the Farmer King, has made great contributions to the Portuguese economy, literature and agriculture. Planting large pine forests on the Leira side, Denis has prevented soil erosion in the region. (Original) Coimbra şehrinin üniversite bölgesinde bulunan görkemli Kral Denis heykeli. Hemen alt tarafında da tarihi merdivenler bulunur. Aynı isimdeki meydanda bulunur ve bu meydan şehrin önemli buluşma yerlerinden biridir . Heykeldeki Denis (Dinis) Portekiz'in en önemli krallarından biriydi. 1200'lü yılların sonlarından itibaren 46 yıl ülkeyi yöneten başarılı bir kraldı. Şair Kralı ve Çiftçi Kral da denen Denis Portekiz ekonomisine, edebiyatına ve tarımına büyük katkılar yapmıştır. Şu an Leira taraflarında bulunan büyük çam ormanlarını diktiren Denis, bölgedeki toprak erozyonunu önlemiştir.

How was the statue? Surprise! It is still there!

The perfect place to start you journey through Coimbra's UNESCO heritage site

Stunning, amazing.....

Linda!!!!!!

Historical

He was a great lover of arts and letters. Having been a famous troubadour, he cultivated the songs of friends and satire, contributing to the development of troubadour poetry in the Iberian Peninsula. He is thought to have been the first truly literate Portuguese monarch, having always signed his full name. Between 1320 and 1324 there was a civil war that opposed the king to the future Afonso IV. The latter believed that his father intended to give the throne to Afonso Sanches. In this war, the king had little popular support, because in the last years of his reign he gave great privileges to the nobles. The infante had the support of the counties. Despite the reasons for the revolt, this war was basically a conflict between large and small. After his death in 1325 he was succeeded by his legitimate son, Afonso IV, despite the opposition of his favorite, natural son Afonso Sanches. The maintenance of the statue is not really the best. Such an important statue and it's not cleaned...

It worths a visit