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However, on the southern side of Mondego River (Santa Clara) some outcrops can be observed and were exploited until the mid-20th. It is presented a list of the old quarries and monuments made with this rock. The characterization of dolostones from the Coimbra Formation is also presented. It is made the connection between the local geology and the \u201cidentity\u201d of Coimbra, putting in evidence the stone as a symbol that characterize the gilded aspect of the buildings. For restoration and rehabilitation works, a small number of blocks could be extracted from the Carvalhais quarry if were eventually necessary.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/su11154158","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,1]],"date-time":"2019-08-01T11:39:37Z","timestamp":1564659577000},"page":"4158","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["The Use of Dolostone in Historical Buildings of Coimbra (Central Portugal)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1476-7486","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lidia","family":"Catarino","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosciences Center, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Roque","family":"Figueiredo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Fernando Pedro","family":"Figueiredo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosciences Center, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6776-991X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pedro","family":"Andrade","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosciences Center, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1859-9325","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jo\u00e3o","family":"Duarte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Geosciences Center, University of Coimbra, 3030-074 Coimbra, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,8,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Childe, G. 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