After the big Earthquake in 1755, was build the Church Nossa Senhora das Dores (Our Lady of the Pain) at one of the first from 1772 until 1783. The statue of the painful Lady Mary, this is standing now over the High altar. Before, the statue was in a church this was destroyed in a Church at the big earthquake in 1755, the statue was found without any issues.
The new Cathedral was build in 100 Years from 1598 until 1698 from the order of the Jesuits. After the abolition and expulsion of the Jesuits in the 1750th, the church was used from the University of Coimbra and become in the Year 1772 the creation to the new Cathedral and Bishop Church of the Diocese of Coimbra.
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