Marquis de Pombal Square

The square named after the Marquis de Pombal is right at the centre of Lisbon, with the convergence of both three of the capitals largest boulevards

The monument to the Marquis of Pombal, the prime minister responsible for the rebuilding of Lisbon following the Great Earthquake in 1755, shows him standing on a column with his hand on a lion, the symbol of power, and his eyes directed to the downtown area that he rebuilt.

The base is decorated with allegorical images depicting Pombal's political, educational, and agricultural reforms. Broken blocks of stone at the foot of the monument and tidal waves flooding the city symbolize the effects of the 1755 earthquake.

The surrounding paving stones are decorated with a mosaic of Lisbon's coat of arms.Read more