LARGO DO TOURAL ( TOURAL SQUARE)
Considered the heart of the city today, the square Largo do
Toural has always maintained a social purpose, becoming a meeting and gathering
point for the people of Guimaraes.In the 17th century,
Toural was a
square outside the city walls located near the main entrance of the town. The
name Toural is owed to the fact of it being the location where the carrel fairs
and bullfights were held.
In the second half of the century, in 1878, Toural ,
enclosed with an iron fence , became a public garden.
With the establishment of
the Republic , the public garden moved to another location and a statue f
D.Afonso Henriques was placed in the centre ofToural.Currently ,Toural is an
ample square bearing justice to its magnificent oriental façade, in Pombaline
style , resulting from the last intervention held in 2011.
This intervention
also brought back to the square a three bowled renaissance water fountain,
originally placed in Toural in 1583, which had been moved to Largo Martins
Sarmento where it remained from 1873 to 2011.
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