Marquis of Pombal Square (Praça Marquês de Pombal)

The Marquis of Pombal Square ( pt, Praça do Marquês de Pombal) is an important

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in the city of

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. It is located between the

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(Liberty Avenue) and the

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in the former parish of

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and in the quarter of

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. 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

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(''Metropolitano de Lisboa'') stop at Marquês de Pombal station, which was called Rotunda until March 1998. Eighteen bus lines operated by

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also serve the square.Mapa de Rede Carris: Cidade de Lisboa: Edição Janeiro 2008
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 Port ...

, 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 ''

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'', the area of Lisbon that was rebuilt under his direction after the disastrous

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Monument to the Marquis of Pombal

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