Restorers Square
Restauradores Square—Praça dos Restauradores, or Platz der Restauratore—marks the southeast end of Avenida da Liberdade, near Rossio. Its purpose is explicit: the square is dedicated to the restoration of Portugal’s independence in 1640, after 60 years of Spanish domination. At the center stands the Monument to the Restorers, an obelisk erected in 1886. It records, through names and dates, the battles fought during the Portuguese Restoration War (1640–1668). The square itself was laid out in 1884-07-22, when the toponymy took shape around the confluence of Avenida da Liberdade and Rua 1º de Dezembro. Around it, you’ll find Lisbon’s 19th- and early 20th-century building line. Palácio Foz—built between the 18th and 19th centuries—occupies numbers 25 to 45, while the former Éden Cinema carries an Art Deco façade from the 1930s by Cassiano Branco.
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