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Baixa Pombalina Grid and Praça do Comércio

Baixa Pombalina Grid and Praça do Comércio

Lisbon · Portugal

4 stops1.0 km12 min
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  • 4 languages
  • Offline

Walk through the open space of Praça do Comércio, pause at Cais das Colunas, and continue beneath the Rua Augusta Arch. The route then leads into Praça Dom Pedro IV, giving you a clear sense of how these landmarks connect within Lisbon’s Baixa Pombalina grid. It is a short, easy walk with grand façades, river views, and memorable civic spaces along the way.

The walk

  1. Commerce Square

    Commerce Square

    A royal palace lost to the earthquake, remade as Lisbon’s great political and riverfront square.

  2. Columns Pier

    Columns Pier

    Lisbon’s ceremonial river entrance, now the working landing for boats to Cacilhas.

  3. Rua Augusta Arch

    Rua Augusta Arch

    Lisbon’s earthquake memorial began as a bell tower and became a triumphal arch.

  4. Rossio Square

    Rossio Square

    A Lisbon square where royal ceremony, revolution, theatre, and literary life share the same ground.

Data: OpenStreetMap contributors and Google Places

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