Palace Terrace
Quick Summary
The Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio) in Lisbon, Portugal, is a vast arcaded plaza that serves as the city's official entrance from the Tagus River. It is surrounded by uniform 18th-century buildings and features a bronze statue of King Joseph I on horseback. This square was created as part of the city's reconstruction after the devastating earthquake of 1755. The square's layout is a formal Baroque design, with a monumental archway marking the entrance to the central "Lower City" (Cidade Baixa), which itself is organized in a grid pattern. Many government offices are located in the buildings surrounding Commerce Square.1
Ask Britannica AI about this topic
Britannica doesn't have a full article on this topic, so we've curated a list of our relevant coverage.
LisbonCity layout…water to the vast arcaded Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio). The three landward sides of the square are surrounded by uniform buildings dating from the 18th century. That formal Baroque-inspired layout is pierced by a monumental archway, built a century later, marking the entry north into the central city. In…
Read More…water to the vast arcaded Commerce Square (Praça do Comércio). The three landward sides of the square are surrounded by uniform buildings dating from the 18th century. That formal Baroque-inspired layout is pierced by a monumental archway, built a century later, marking the entry north into the central city. In…
Read More- LisbonThe Age of Discovery
…between the Rossio and the Palace Terrace was soon crisscrossed with streets, along which rose the new shops, churches, and hospitals of what had become a phenomenally prosperous city. Although Lisbon suffered a serious earthquake in 1531 and some sanitary problems, its development was not hampered, and it advanced with…
Read More…between the Rossio and the Palace Terrace was soon crisscrossed with streets, along which rose the new shops, churches, and hospitals of what had become a phenomenally prosperous city. Although Lisbon suffered a serious earthquake in 1531 and some sanitary problems, its development was not hampered, and it advanced with…
Read More