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The
Praça
do
Município,
as
it
is
known
in
Portuguese,
is
aptly
named
after
Lisbon's
City
Hall
located
on
the
eastern
side
of
the
square.
From
its
second
floor,
featuring
the
colonnade-styled
balcony,
the
Republic
of
Portugal
was
proclaimed
in
1910.
Noteworthy
is
the
fact
that
a
little
over
2.5
years
prior
to
the
proclamation
of
the
Portuguese
Republic,
on
February
1,
1908,
King
Carlos
I
of
Portugal
was
assassinated
(along
with
his
son,
an
heir
apparent
to
the
throne),
across
the
street,
about
350
feet
away,
kitty-corner
of
the
Municipal
Square
(refer
to
our
picture).
The
square,
a
few
steps
west
from
Praça
do
Comércio,
is
a
fine
example
of
Pombaline
architecture
(the
dominant
style
of
post-1775
earthquake
rebuilding
of
Lisbon)
characteristic
to
Baixa,
the
downtown
area
where
the
Municipal
Square
is
located,
and
Chiado.
The
pavement
is
truly
amazing.
Sure,
the
traditional
black
and
white
Portuguese
pavement
("calçada
portuguesa")
is
out
there,
in
so
many
parts
of
the
city,
and
not
even
limited
to
Lisbon
squares
only
but
very
common
to
Portugal's
urbanscape,
but
on
the
Municipal
Square
it
is
really
beautiful
creating
awesome
optical
wavy
illusions.
In
the
middle
of
the
square
there
is
the
Pillory
of
Lisbon.
Erected
after
the
1775-earthquake
it
has
barely
if
ever
served
as
a
real
public
defamation
site,
with
only
one
person
having
been
executed
there.
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