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Palace Terrace

square, Lisbon, Portugal
Also known as: Black Horse Square, Commerce Square, Praça do Comércio, Terreiro do Paço

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    In Lisbon: City 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…

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    In Lisbon: The 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…

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