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The Rossio Railway Station (; Portuguese: Estação de Caminhos de Ferro do Rossio) is a railway station in Lisbon, Portugal, located in the Rossio square. The station was formerly known as Estação Central (Central Station) and that designation still appears in its façade. Trains gain access to the station, which is in the central urban area ...
Rossio is a station on the Green Line of the Lisbon Metro. The station is located between Figueira Square and Rossio Square from which it takes its name. History
The King Pedro IV Square (Portuguese: Praça de D. Pedro IV), popularly known as Rossio (), is a square in the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon, Portugal. It has been one of its main squares since the Middle Ages.
Sintra from Castle of the Moors, with station visible at lower left The railway, one of the first to be planned in Portugal, was opened on 2 April 1887. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The southern terminus was changed from Alcântara-Terra to Rossio , after the station was inaugurated in June 1891. [ 2 ]
October 18, 1997: Opening of the Carnide and Pontinha stations. Line route: Pontinha - Campo Grande. March 1, 1998: Palhavã station is renamed to Marquês de Pombal, Sete Rios station is renamed to Jardim Zoológico and Socorro station is renamed to Martim Moniz. March 3, 1998: Creation of the Blue and Green line by closing the Restauradores ...
The President did not know that José Júlio da Costa was waiting for him with him a pistol that the assassin had concealed in his Alentejo Cloak. When the President passed by the assassin on the first floor of Rossio station, the assassin penetrated the double police cordon that surrounded the President and fired two shots from the pistol hidden under his Alentejo cloak.
This station is located under Restauradores Square, from which it takes its name, and connects to Rossio Railway Station on the Sintra Line. The architectural design of the original station is by Falcão e Cunha. On February 11, 1977, the station was extended, based on the architectural design of Benoliel de Carvalho.
It consists of the grid of streets north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle, and extends northwards towards the Rossio and Figueira squares and the Avenida da Liberdade, a tree-lined boulevard noted for its tailoring shops and cafes.