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Praça do Comércio, the Square of Commerce

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  • Uploaded by: Photo of antoniolouro antoniolouro
    In album: Lisboa
    In Webshots channel: outdoors
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  • Date uploaded: Fri May 04 11:08:38 PDT 2007

The square was named Praça do Comércio, the Square of Commerce, to indicate its new function in the economy of Lisbon. The symmetrical buildings of the square were filled with government bureaus that regulated customs and port activities. The main piece of the ensemble was the equestrian statue of King José I, inaugurated in 1775 in the centre of the square. This bronze statue, the first monumental statue dedicated to a King in Lisbon, was designed by Joaquim Machado de Castro, Portugal's foremost sculptor of the time

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