Commerce Square in Lisbon

La Commerce Square It will be one of the key points of your Lisbon visit, riding a Portugal.

Located at banks of the Tagus River, historically it was the place where the Royal Palace, until it was destroyed in 1755 by the great earthquake of Lisbon.

You can see the image of what that area of Lisbon was like in the large tiled panorama of the tile museum, an interesting visit to the Portuguese capital.

Now you find a large, almost entirely pedestrian square that opens the city of Lisbon towards the Tagus River, and whose imposing Triumphal Arch of Via Augusta connects her with the cosmopolitan Baixa neighborhood.

La Commerce Square It is also a nerve center of the city transportation network,

In this way, during your walk through it you will be able to see the beautiful color contrast of the traditional trams, some used now as tourist attraction, and the yellow of the facades of the buildings with high arches that surround it.

In the center of Commerce Square can you see her equestrian statue of Joseph I of Portugal, built at the end of the 18th century.

And during your walk be sure to approach the banks of the Tagus, as the staircase that you can now see was historically used by kings and ambassadors to disembark upon their arrival in Lisbon.