Plaza
Marquis of Pombal Square
Pç do Marquês de Pombal, Lisboa
Grand rotunda at the top of a long boulevard, its centerpiece a bronze statesman flanked by a lion.
This guide to Marquis of Pombal Square in Lisbon follows Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Melo, the statesman who governed Portugal for twenty-seven years without ever being crowned, serving under King Jose the First from 1750. It traces his sweeping reforms and the powerful enemies he gathered along the way, then turns to what happened the week the king died in 1777. Look up at the bronze figure and lion above you as you listen, gazing down the boulevard he reshaped.
Audio guides are written and narrated by AI.