Arco do Bandeira

The Arco do Bandeira as seen from the Rossio.

The Arco do Bandeira is an archway in the municipality of Santa Maria Maior in the Portuguese capital, Lisbon .

It was built towards the end of the 18th century on the north side of the Baixa Pombalina as a transition from the Praça de D. Pedro IV (Rossio) to the Rua dos Sapadeiros . Architect Manuel Reinaldo dos Santos provided the plans for the building ; the client was the entrepreneur Pires Bandeira , whose name he bears.

The archway is a copy of an arch built on the opposite side of the Rossio, where the Teatro Nacional D. Maria II is now located. With its ornamental motifs it is a good example of the Pombaline style .

It is registered in the Inventário Municipal de Património .

Web links

Commons : Arco do Bandeira  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Information board on the building

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Inventário Municipal de Património. Lista dos Imóveis e Conjuntos Edificados ( Memento of the original of January 12, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at CM Lisbon  

Coordinates: 38 ° 42 '46.4 "  N , 9 ° 8' 20.4"  W.