Praça 8 de Maio
| Praça 8 de Maio Praça Nova, Praça dos táxis |
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 View from the back of Praça 8 de Maio , towards Rua da República and Mondego |
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| place | Figueira da Foz |
The Praça 8 de Maio (dt .: Place of May 8) is a square in the city center of the Portuguese seaside resort of Figueira da Foz .
Its southern end is bounded by the Rua da República and, like it, is located in the area that was removed from the Mondego River in 1784 . The square has had its current name since 1880, after having long been called Praça Nova (Engl .: New Square).
The name of the square commemorates May 8th, 1834, the day the liberal troops reached Figueira in the Miguelistenkrieg . The square is also known by its historical name Praça Nova , in contrast to the nearby older Largo Luís de Camões , also known as Praça Velha (German: Old Square).
In the square is a monument to Manuel Fernandes Tomás , a Figueira-born activist of the liberal revolution in Portugal , erected in 1911 . A taxi stand has been set up on the square, which is why the square is sometimes called Praça dos táxis in everyday life .
Individual evidence
- ↑ www.antoniocruz.net ( Memento of the original from August 5, 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. , accessed July 27, 2012
- ↑ Isabel Henriques: Figueira da Foz - Rotas do Concelho. Câmara Municipal, Figueira da Foz 2005, ISBN 972-9915-2-7 , p. 17.
Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′ 58 " N , 8 ° 51 ′ 22.1" W.