The Praça do Comércio is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m, that is, 30,600 m2.
Praça do Comércio
Statue of King José I, by Machado de Castro (1775). The king on his horse is symbolically crushing snakes on his path.
Terreiro do Paço in 1662, by Dirk Stoop
Praça do Comércio, 2019
Ribeira Palace was the main residence of the Kings of Portugal, in Lisbon, for around 250 years. Its construction was ordered by King Manuel I of Portugal when he found the Royal Alcáçova of São Jorge unsuitable. The palace complex underwent numerous reconstructions and reconfigurations from the original Manueline design, ending with its final Mannerist and Baroque form.
A 16th-century painting of the Holy Martyrs of Lisbon uses Ribeira Palace in the background as a metonym for the city: King Manuel I's original palace, done in the Manueline style, was the head of his royal and imperial administration.
Ribeira Palace after the King John III's renovations. Alterations can be seen in the King's Tower.
During the Philippine era, the palace changed hugely, scrapping the original Manueline for a Mannerist style.
Ribeira Palace of the Brigantine era was a vast and modern palatial complex, including an opera and cathedral. On the left, there is the Corte Real palace
