Square
Praça da República
Outdoor cafés and the bustle of the city centre, ideal in the late afternoon.
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History
The square was laid out outside the medieval town, on the old Rossio de Massorim, next to the vanished Convent of Santo António. It opened on 29 October 1845 as the Passeio de D. Fernando and was later renamed Praça da República. The old town hall, inside the walls, burned down in 1796; the current Neoclassical building, designed by the engineer José Matos Cid, took over part of the public promenade in the second half of the 19th century.
Between 1918 and the 1930s, Almeida Moreira, chairman of the Tourism and Initiative Commission, led improvements to the city's gardens. In 1931 the tile panel by Joaquim Lopes was put up, along with the memorial to Tomás Ribeiro, with a medallion designed by Jorge Colaço.
What you will find
- The Neoclassical town hall, with two side galleries around a courtyard.
- Gardens with lime trees, plane trees, fountains and box-hedged beds, and the memorial to Tomás Ribeiro.
- The tile panel by Joaquim Lopes on the curve of the Rossio.
- A short walk to the Aquilino Ribeiro Park and the Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis.
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Practical information
- About the square
Viseu's central square, also known as Rossio, the heart of the city since the late 19th century. It is home to the Town Hall, from the second half of the 19th century, the Banco de Portugal building and Joaquim Lopes's 1931 tile panel with scenes of rural life in the Beira region.
Sources: Turismo Centro de Portugal · Público
- Address
- 3500-135 Viseu
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Opening hours
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