Praça do Comércio
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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.
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
Carlos I of Portugal
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Dom Carlos I, known as the Diplomat, the Martyr, and the Oceanographer, among many other names, was King of Portugal from 1889 until his assassination in 1908. He was the first Portuguese king to die a violent death since King Sebastian in 1578.
Carlos I of Portugal on a 20 Reis coin, 1891
Photograph of Infante Carlos, c. 1886