The Historian · Rui · Lisbon
Praça do Comércio
The old palace drowned here in the tsunami. Pombal rebuilt this square to say the state survived.
The riverfront royal square where the palace stood until 1755 — rebuilt by Pombal as the face of a new Lisbon.
— Rui, The Historian
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