Why do people call D. Pedro Square, Rossio Square?
Visitors from outside Rossio always pass through the Rossio square. Decorated with beautiful calçada and fountains, it shows off its beauty every day. fountain imported from France wave patterned calçada Rossio means commons. Its original name is not Rossio square. It is D. Pedro IV Square, but not even Lisbonians call it that name. Well, the reason is D. Pedro IV wasn't popular among the commons. Because of him, there was a civil war. You can see his statue in Porto too. The statue you see in Comerico square is D. Jose I. D. Jose I. He suffered the Lisbon earthquake and his daughter was D. Maria I. D. Maria I Withe her son Joao VI and her grandson Pedro IV, D. Maria I left for Brazil because of Napoleon. family tree of D. Pedro IV Leaving her people behind was not good. But the worst came later. Pedro declared himself an emperor of Brazil and became Pedro I. He left Portugal in his daughter Maria II's care. ...