Praça da Liberdade
The Praça da Liberdade has known several names along the centuries. Its construction was due to the progressive growing of the city. It was a meeting point for politicians, writers and artists and became a place searched for all classes. Among other marking events there will always be the death by hanging of the liberals, in 1829, (after this rehabilitated as “liberty martyrs”. In 1866 is open the monument to the liberal King, a tribute of the city to D. Pedro IV. The Portuguese Republic was first proclaimed here, January, 31st, 1891. In 1916, when the city council decided to do the Avenida dos Aliados and build the Town Hall, almost every old building that was around the so called Praça D. Pedro IV (among which the Suísso and Guichard cafés, stooping points to politicians and artists), disappeared and were replaced by the constructions that side the square today. The only XIX century building left id the Palácio das Cardosas.
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Praça da Liberdade
4000-322,Porto
- Difficult external parking
- Historical streets & Plazas
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Characteristics
Monuments near Praça da Liberdade
Avenida dos Aliados
A Avenida dos Aliados, inicialmente Avenida das Nações Aliadas, foi aberta em 1916, nos terrenos a norte da Praça da Liberdade. Do projeto inicial, nasceu uma …
Capela das Almas / Capela de Santa Catarina
With a great architectonical simplicity, the Almas chapel dates from the beginning of the XVIII, and was repaired and enlarged in 1801. In 1929, the façades we…
Capela de Fradelos
This chapel is all that’s left of the Fradelhos place that existed here, when the way from the chapel to the Gonçalo Cristóvão Street was an open country.
Chafariz do Laranjal
The Chafariz do Laranjal has a central column with ajutages spilling water into a tank. Before being placed at the Largo da Trindade, this fountain used to be …
Edifício do Majestic Café
More than a café, Majestic symbolizes an important part of the city's history. It was inaugurated on December 17, 1921, under the name of Elite. Despite the fr…
Edifício dos Paços do Concelho no Porto / Câmara Municipal do Porto
Construction of the building began in the 1920s and dragged on for many years. It was finally inaugurated on 24 June, 1957. The work was architecturally inspir…
