Praça do Comércio
The Praça do Comércio, more commonly known in Portuguese as Terreiro do Paço (, is a large, harbour-facing plaza in Portugal's capital, Lisbon, and is one of the largest in Portugal, with an area of 175 by 175 m, that is, 30,600 m2.Photo: Julesvernex2, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Tram stop
- Description: square in Lisbon, Portugal
- Also known as: “Commerce Square”, “Pç. Comércio”, and “Terreiro do Paco”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rua Augusta Arch and Santa Justa Lift.
Rua Augusta Arch
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Rua Augusta Arch is a stone, memorial arch-like, historical building and visitor attraction in Lisbon, Portugal, on the Praça do Comércio. It was built to commemorate the city's reconstruction after the 1755 earthquake.
Santa Justa Lift
Photo: Maria Eklind, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Santa Justa Lift, also called Carmo Lift, is an elevator, or lift, in the civil parish of Santa Maria Maior, in the historic center of Lisbon, Portugal. Santa Justa Lift is situated 500 metres northwest of Praça do Comércio.
Castle of São Jorge
Photo: Robert Nyman, CC BY 2.0.
São Jorge Castle, sometimes known in English as Saint George's Castle, is a historic castle in the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, located in the freguesia of Santa Maria Maior. Castle of São Jorge is situated 680 metres north of Praça do Comércio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Madalena and Baixa.
Madalena
Village
Photo: Deryck Chan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Madalena is a former civil parish in the city and municipality of Lisbon, Portugal. It has a total area of 0.11 km2 and total population of 380 inhabitants; density: 3,423 inhabitants/km2.
Baixa
Chiado
Neighborhood
Photo: scalleja, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Chiado is a neighborhood in the historic center of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. Chiado is an important cultural and commercial district, known for its luxury shopping, historic landmarks, and its numerous theatres and museums.
Praça do Comércio
- Categories: square, cultural heritage, railway stop, transport stop, and transportation
- Location: Santa Maria Maior, Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.70827° or 38° 42′ 30″ northLongitude
-9.13634° or 9° 8′ 11″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Operator
CarrisNetwork
CarrisOpen location code
8CCGPV57+8FOpenStreetMap ID
node 4379547131OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stop_positionOpenStreetMap feature
railway=tram_stopGeoNames ID
6930110Wikidata ID
Q999002
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Praça do Comércio” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الميدان التجاري”
- Arabic: “ميدان التجارة”
- Azerbaijani: “Prasa-du-Komersiu”
- Basque: “Praça do Comércio”
- Catalan: “Praça do Comércio”
- Chinese: “商业广场”
- Czech: “Obchodní náměstí”
- Czech: “Palácové náměstí”
- Czech: “Praça do Comércio”
- Czech: “Terreiro do Paço”
- Dutch: “Praca do Comercio”
- Dutch: “Praça do Comércio”
- Esperanto: “praça do Comércio”
- Esperanto: “Praça do Comércio”
- Finnish: “Praça do Comércio”
- French: “Place du commerce”
- French: “praça do Comércio”
- French: “Praça do Comércio”
- Galician: “Praça do Comércio”
- German: “Praça do Comércio”
- Hebrew: “כיכר המסחר”
- Hungarian: “Praça do Comércio”
- Italian: “Praça do Comércio”
- Japanese: “コメルシオ広場”
- Korean: “코메르시우 광장”
- Lithuanian: “Rinkos aikštė (Lisabona)”
- Lithuanian: “Rinkos aikštė”
- Malay: “Praça do Comércio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Praça do Comércio”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Terreiro do Paço”
- Norwegian: “Praça do Comércio”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Praça do Comércio”
- Polish: “Praça do Comércio”
- Portuguese: “Praca do Comercio”
- Portuguese: “Praça do Comércio”
- Portuguese: “Real Praça do Comércio”
- Portuguese: “Terreiro do Paço”
- Romanian: “Praça do Comércio”
- Russian: “Праса-ду-Комерсиу”
- Slovenian: “Praça do Comércio”
- Spanish: “Praça do Comércio”
- Swedish: “Praça do Comércio”
- Thai: “ปราซาดูกูแมร์ซียู”
- Turkish: “Praça do Comércio”
- Ukrainian: “Торгова площа (Лісабон)”
- Ukrainian: “Торгова площа”
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