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Marquis of Pombal Square / Praça do Marquês de Pombal Lisbon, Portugal.

Few raw shoots of Marquis of Pombal Square (Lisbon). Its name is a reference to Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquess of Pombal, 1st Count of Oeiras, the powerful prime-minister who ruled Portugal from 1750 to 1777. 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, with a lion - symbol of power - by his side. The Marquess is shown looking towards the Baixa Pombalina, the area of Lisbon that was rebuilt under his direction after the disastrous 1755 Lisbon earthquake...... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis... A Praça do Marquês de Pombal, também conhecida por Rotunda do Marquês de Pombal, é uma importante praça da cidade de Lisboa, Portugal. Situa-se entre a Avenida da Liberdade e o Parque Eduardo VII. No centro ergue-se o monumento a Marquês de Pombal, inaugurado em 1934...... https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pra%C3%...)