Praça Luís de Camões (also known as ''Praça António Lereno'', formerly ''Pracinha da Escola Grande'') is the second main square of the capital city of

Praia Praia (, Portuguese for "beach") is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde.Cape Verde Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...

.Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município da Praia
Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 39-40 It is located between

Rua Serpa Pinto ''There is also Rua Serpa Pinto in the neighbourhood of Mártires in Lisbon, Portugal'' Rua Serpa Pinto (formerly ''Rua do Lencastre'') is a street in the Plateau, the historic centre of Praia, Santiago island, Cape Verde.

and

Avenida Andrade Corvo Avenida Andrade Corvo (formerly ''Rua do Corvo'') is an avenue in the Plateau (Praia), Plateau of Praia, in the city centre of Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde, Santiago island, Cape Verde.

in the eastern part of the

Plateau In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; : plateaus or plateaux), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. ...

, the historical city centre of Praia.Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia
Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 374-396 The square is named after the 16th century Portuguese writer

Luís de Camões Luís Vaz de Camões (; or 1525 – 10 June 1580), sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns ( ), is considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet. His mastery of verse has been compared to that of William Shakes ...

. Notable buildings and structures on the square: *monument to the physician António Lereno (1850-1916) *the former ''Escola Grande'' (primary school), built in 1877 *the former public library, currently housing the rectorate of the

University of Cape Verde The University of Cape Verde (, abbreviated "Uni-CV") is the only public university of Cape Verde. The main campus is in Palmarejo, Cape Verde, Palmarejo, Praia, but there are also institutes in Mindelo, Assomada and São Jorge dos Órgãos. It ha ...

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