Coimbra - Convento de Santa Clara-a-Velha

On the left bank of the Mondego, to the left of the Lisbon road, are the partly sunken ruins of the Gothic Convent of Santa Clara-a-Velha, founded in 1286, which has gradually been destroyed by the flooding of the river. Here the saintly Queen Isabel (1271-1336) spent the last ten years of her life and here she was buried, as was the murdered Inês de Castro, Pedro I's secret bride. Their remains were moved elsewhere after the destruction of the convent.