Marques de Pombal place, seen from Eduardo VII park

Marques de Pombal rebuilt Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake. The place

is an important circulation node in the town, featuring in its middle

a statue of the Marques. In November this year there were renovations

of the pavement, so I found that a good angle is from the park behind

it (Lisbon is hilly), even if in countre-jour. Also this way the

vista was open till the Tejo river, along a representative boulevard

called Avenida de la Liberdade (I think - in any case Liberdade I

recall well, since in Romanian freedom is Libertate). It leads down

to the Baixa quarter, which was exactly the one rebuilt by the

Marques.

thanks for looking and reading, looking for comments,

Happy Holidays to everybody!

Maria