Covilhã

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Covilhã is a city and municipality in the Castelo Branco District in Portugal. In 2021, 46,455 people lived there.

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Santa Maria Church in Covilhã, built in the 19th century. In the 1940s the façade was covered with tiles (azulejos).
Torre, the highest point of Mainland Portugal, viewed from Penhas da Saúde
Blizzard in Penhas da Saúde, January 2007.
A view of the University of Beira Interior
Covilhã City Hall
A manufacturing plant of Frulact in Covilhã Municipality.
The Parkurbis is a science park which has attracted new businesses to Covilhã.
A view of Covilhã with the University of Beira Interior main library in the foreground
Partial view of Covilhã's core centre with the mountains in the background
Effigy of Pêro da Covilhã (c. 1460 – after 1526), Portuguese diplomat and explorer, in the Padrão dos Descobrimentos (Monument to the Discoveries), in Lisbon, Portugal.