Rossio
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The King Pedro IV Square, popularly known as Rossio, is a square in the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon, Portugal. It has been one of its main squares since the Middle Ages. It has been the setting of po
View of the Column of Pedro IV and the D. Maria II National Theatre
Praça do Comércio
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The Praça do Comércio, more commonly known in Portuguese as Terreiro do Paço
Rossio
…pediment and a big arch that communicates the Rossio with the Sapateiros Street. The Rossio became linked to the other main square of the city, the Praça do Comércio, by two straight streets: the Áurea and the Augusta Streets. After a fire in 1836, the old Inquisition Palace was destroyed. Thanks to the efforts of…
Praça do Comércio seen from the Tagus river
Terreiro do Paço in 1662, by Dirk Stoop
Statue of José I of Portugal, by Machado de Castro (1775). The king on his horse is symbolically crushing snakes on his path.
Rua Augusta Arch