Portugal/Lisbon Commerce Square & River Tagus Part 3

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Commerce Square:
The Praça do Comércio English: Commerce Square is located in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Situated near the Tagus river, the square is still commonly known as Terreiro do Paço ;,because it was the location of the Paços da Ribeira (Royal Ribeira Palace) until it was destroyed by the great 1755 Lisbon earthquake. After the earthquake, the square was completely remodeled as part of the rebuilding of the Pombaline Downtown, ordered by Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, who was the Minister of the Kingdom of Portugal from 1750 to 1777, during the reign of Dom José I, King of Portugal.
Tagus River:
The 14th century heralded in the the Age of Discover that was regarded as the golden age of Portugal. These expeditions originated from the docks that ran the length of western Lisbon and once the colonies were established the wealth of the new lands poured back into Lisbon to fund the extravagance of the era. The Portuguese as a nation are emigrants with communities dotted throughout the world and this characteristic can be traced back to the close connection with the seas and the rivers of which the Tejo is the most important. The River Tagus flows into the Lisbon region from the north of Portugal and opens into a wide but shallow estuary that boarders Lisbon to the east. The estuary flows out into the Atlantic Ocean in a westerly direction between the high cliff headlands on the south bank and the flatter slopes of the capital.
At the narrowest point of the mouth of the Tagus estuary the Ponte de 25th Abril suspension bridge connects the capital with the southern commuter distracts of Almada. This bottle neck traveling south was alleviated by the Vasco da Gama Bridge which stretches out from eastern Lisbon for 17km to the western bank of the Rio Tejo estuary.
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