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The Marquis of Pombal Square ( pt, Praça do Marquês de Pombal) is an important Mapa de Rede Carris: Cidade de Lisboa: Edição Janeiro 2008
Its name is a reference to
Page about the square in Revelar LX.
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The Marquis of Pombal Square ( pt, Praça do Marquês de Pombal) is an important roundabout
A roundabout is a type of circular intersection or junction in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction.''The New Shorter Oxford Eng ...
in the city of Lisbon
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, Portugal
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. It is located between the Avenida da Liberdade (Liberty Avenue) and the Eduardo VII Park
Eduardo VII Park ( pt, Parque Eduardo VII) is a public park in Lisbon, Portugal. The park occupies an area of to the north of Avenida da Liberdade and Marquis of Pombal Square in Lisbon's city center.
The park is named for King Edward VII of t ...
in the former parish of Coração de Jesus and in the quarter of Santo António.
The square is the radiating point for various important avenues: Liberdade, Duque de Loulé and Fontes Pereira de Melo, as well as the streets Braamcamp and Joaquim António de Aguiar.
The Blue and Yellow lines (''Linha Azul'' and ''Linha Amarela'') of the Lisbon Metro
The Lisbon Metro ( pt, Metropolitano de Lisboa) is the rapid transit system in Lisbon, Portugal. Opened in December 1959, it was the first metro system in Portugal.
, the system's four lines total of route and serve 56 stations.
History
Ini ...
(''Metropolitano de Lisboa'') stop at Marquês de Pombal station, which was called Rotunda until March 1998. Eighteen bus lines operated by Carris also serve the square.Its name is a reference to
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal
Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal and 1st Count of Oeiras (13 May 1699 – 8 May 1782), known as the Marquis of Pombal (''Marquês de Pombal''; ), was a Portuguese statesman and diplomat who effectively ruled the Por ...
, 1st Count of Oeiras, the powerful prime-minister who ruled Portugal from 1750 to 1777.
Monument to the Marquis of Pombal
In the middle of the roundabout there is a large column dedicated to him, built between 1917 and 1934 and created by Adães Bermudes, António Couto and Francisco Santos. A bronze statue of the Marquess is on the top (40 m), with a lion - symbol of power - by his side. The lower part of the base is surrounded by several allegorical figures, "namely the female figure symbolizing« re-built Lisbon »and three sculptural groups evoking the reforms carried out by the Marquess looking towards the '' Baixa Pombalina'', the area of Lisbon that was rebuilt under his direction after the disastrous1755 Lisbon earthquake
The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, impacted Portugal, the Iberian Peninsula, and Northwest Africa on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with ...
.
See also
* Avenida da LiberdadeReferences
Page about the square in Revelar LX.
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