Largo da República do Brasil - Guimarães

Largo is known to the locals as “Campo da Feira” .

Here, every Saturday, the great market was held , which was said to be one of the most important weekly events in the kingdom, and which occupied several squares with poultry, cereals, fruit, tableware, glass, a variety of fabrics made of wool, silk, linen, cotton, iron foundry and the exhibition and sale of livestock took place here. In the mid-19th century, Campo da Feira became a privileged place of commerce. In 1854, it was decided that the Pig Market and the Cattle Market would remain permanently in this location.

The current garden has a fountain at the north top, which incorporates the rotunda. It is a recent work, inaugurated in the late 1990s.
The beautiful central garden of pens and flowers, which extends to the church, changes colour through the seasons, always with seasonal flowers.

willem vandenameele