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Rossio, the Glossary

The Rossio is the popular name of the King Pedro IV Square (Praça de D. Pedro IV) in the city of Lisbon, in Portugal.^[1]

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Neoclassical architecture in Portugal
Palladian Revival architecture
Squares in Lisbon

Almeida Garrett

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st Viscount of Almeida Garrett (4 February 1799 – 9 December 1854) was a Portuguese poet, orator, playwright, novelist, journalist, politician, and a peer of the realm.

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Auto-da-fé

An auto-da-fé (from Portuguese auto de fé, meaning 'act of faith'; auto de fe) was the ritual of public penance, carried out between the 15th and 19th centuries, of condemned heretics and apostates imposed by the Spanish, Portuguese, or Mexican Inquisition as punishment and enforced by civil authorities.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s.

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Carlos Mardel

Carlos Mardel (born Martell Károly; Pressburg; c. 1695 – Lisbon; 8 September 1763) was a Hungarian-Portuguese military officer, engineer, and architect.

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Coffeehouse

A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or café is an establishment that serves various types of coffee, espresso, latte, americano and cappuccino.

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Column of Pedro IV

The Column of Pedro IV (Portuguese: Coluna de D. Pedro IV) is a monument to King Peter IV of Portugal and the Algarves, located in the centre of Rossio Square in Lisbon, Portugal.

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D. Maria II National Theatre

The Queen Maria II National Theatre (Teatro Nacional D. Maria II) is a theatre in Lisbon, Portugal. Rossio and D. Maria II National Theatre are Neoclassical architecture in Portugal.

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Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers (Ordo Prædicatorum; abbreviated OP), commonly known as the Dominican Order, is a Catholic mendicant order of pontifical right that was founded in France by a Castilian-French priest named Dominic de Guzmán.

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Estaus Palace

The Estaus Palace (Paço dos Estaus; Palácio dos Estaus) in Rossio Square, in Lisbon, was the headquarters of the Portuguese Inquisition.

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Eugénio dos Santos

Eugénio dos Santos de Carvalho (1711–1760) was a Portuguese architect and military engineer, responsible for the planning and rebuilding of Lisbon's Pombaline Lower Town after the 1755 earthquake.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Gil Vicente

Gil Vicente (c. 1465c. 1536), called the Trobadour, was a Portuguese playwright and poet who acted in and directed his own plays.

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Ginjinha

Ginjinha, or simply ginja, is a Portuguese liqueur made by infusing ginja berries (sour cherry, Prunus cerasus austera, the Morello cherry) in alcohol (aguardente) and adding sugar together with other ingredients, with cloves and/or cinnamon sticks being the most common.

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Homage (arts)

Homage is a show or demonstration of respect or dedication to someone or something, sometimes by simple declaration but often by some more oblique reference, artistic or poetic.

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Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos

The Hospital Real de Todos-os-Santos (All Saints Royal Hospital) was a major hospital in Lisbon, Portugal.

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Inquisition

The Inquisition was a judicial procedure and a group of institutions within the Catholic Church whose aim was to combat heresy, apostasy, blasphemy, witchcraft, and customs considered deviant.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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John II of Portugal

John II (João II;; 3 May 1455 – 25 October 1495), called the Perfect Prince (o Príncipe Perfeito), was King of Portugal from 1481 until his death in 1495, and also for a brief time in 1477.

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Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131 as of 2023 within its administrative limits and 2,961,177 within the metropolis.

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Lisbon Baixa

The Baixa ("Downtown"), also known as the Baixa Pombalina ("Pombaline Downtown"), is a neighborhood in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. Rossio and Lisbon Baixa are Neoclassical architecture in Portugal.

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List of Portuguese monarchs

This is a list of Portuguese monarchs who ruled from the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal, in 1139, to the deposition of the Portuguese monarchy and creation of the Portuguese Republic with the 5 October 1910 revolution.

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Manuel I of Portugal

Manuel I (31 May 146913 December 1521), known as the Fortunate (O Venturoso), was King of Portugal from 1495 to 1521.

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Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage

Manuel Maria Barbosa l'Hedois du Bocage (15 September 1765 – 21 December 1805), most often referred to simply as Bocage, was a Portuguese Neoclassic poet, writing at the beginning of his career under the pen name Elmano Sadino.

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Manueline

The Manueline (estilo manuelino), occasionally known as Portuguese late Gothic, is the sumptuous, composite Portuguese architectural style originating in the 16th century, during the Portuguese Renaissance and Age of Discoveries.

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Neoclassical architecture

Neoclassical architecture, sometimes referred to as Classical Revival architecture, is an architectural style produced by the Neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century in Italy, France and Germany.

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Pediment

Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape.

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Pedro I of Brazil

Dom Pedro I (12 October 1798 – 24 September 1834) was the founder and first ruler of the Empire of Brazil, where he was known as "the Liberator".

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Pombaline style

The Pombaline style was a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century, named after Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, the first Marquês de Pombal, who was instrumental in reconstructing Lisbon after the earthquake of 1755. Rossio and Pombaline style are Neoclassical architecture in Portugal.

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Portugal

Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country located on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe, whose territory also includes the Macaronesian archipelagos of the Azores and Madeira.

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Portuguese pavement

Portuguese pavement, known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada (or pedra portuguesa in Brazil), is a traditional-style pavement used for many pedestrian areas in Portugal.

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Portuguese Restoration War

The Restoration War (Guerra da Restauração), historically known as the Acclamation War (Guerra da Aclamação), was the war between Portugal and Spain that began with the Portuguese revolution of 1640 and ended with the Treaty of Lisbon in 1668, bringing a formal end to the Iberian Union.

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Praça do Comércio

The Praça do Comércio is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m (574 by 574 ft), that is, 30,600 m2 (329,000 ft2). Rossio and Praça do Comércio are Neoclassical architecture in Portugal, Palladian Revival architecture and squares in Lisbon.

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Renaissance

The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.

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Rossio massacre

The Rossio Massacre (‘massacre do Rossio’) took place on the evening of 13 March 1838, when forces loyal to the Portuguese government of Prime Minister Sá da Bandeira put down a revolt by radical sections of the National Guard and their supporters, who were gathered in Rossio Square in central Lisbon.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossio

Also known as Praça de D. Pedro IV, Praça Dom Pedro IV, Praça do Rossio, Rossio Square, Rossio, Lisbon.

Rossio, the Glossary

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See also

Neoclassical architecture in Portugal

Palladian Revival architecture

Squares in Lisbon

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