Largo do Toural

Largo do Toural

Considered today as the heart of the city, in the 17th century it was a large wall outside the main door of the village, where the cattle fair and other products were held.



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Largo do Toural 4810

Guimarães

Description

In 1791, the Chamber added the land next to the wall for the construction of buildings, which were made later according to a plan possibly from Lisbon, and thus the beginning of the slow transformation of Toural is determined. In the second half of the century the Public Garden was built, surrounded by an iron railing, which opened in 1878. For this space, urban furniture is created framed in the new iron architecture: bandstand, urinal, benches and lamps.

With the implantation of the Republic, the Public Garden was transferred to another location, and then the statue of D. Afonso Henriques was placed in the center of the Toural. A few years later it goes to Parque do Castelo and is replaced by a showy Artistic Fountain.

Currently, as a result of the intervention carried out in 2011, the Renaissance three-bowl fountain returned to the square, originally placed in the Toural in 1583, and later transferred to the Largo Martins Sarmento between 1873 and 2011.

Source: https://www.cm-guimaraes.pt/

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