Praça de D. Pedro IV

Posted by Camiller (Lisboa, Portugal) on 18 August 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

Like many of Lisbon's squares, Rossio also has an official and an unofficial name. Its official name, Praça de Dom Pedro IV, commemorates Portugal's first liberal king; however, the square is usually simply referred to as Rossio, the Portuguese name for any large square. This says a great deal about the character and importance of Rossio for the Portuguese capital. In the mid 19th C. the whole inner area of the square was cobbled with a lovely wave like mosaic pattern; today only a small, central part of this remains. There are two impressive fountains and a statue of Pedro IV here.

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