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Monument in Lisbon in memory of those lost inthe Lisbon massacre. It reads: "In memory of the thousands of Jews who were victimized by intolerance and religious fanaticism, killed on the massacre that started on 19 April 1506, on this square". The base has a verse from the Book of Job etched onto it: "O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place."
 

The "A Ginjinha" bar is the traditional home of the Portugese sweet cherry liqueur ginjinha.
 

 

 

Estação de Caminhos de Ferro do Rossio (Rossio Railway Station) is a railway station 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 through a tunnel which is over 1.8 miles long.
The station was designed between 1886 and 1887, completed in 1890 and connected Lisbon to the region of Sintra.
 

 

Sebastião I (Sebastian I) was King of Portugal from 11 June 1557 to 4 August 1578 and the penultimate Portuguese monarch of the House of Aviz. He was the son of João Manuel, Prince of Portugal, and his wife, Joanna of Austria. He was the grandson of King John III of Portugal and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V. He disappeared (presumably killed in action) in the battle of Alcácer Quibir, against the Saadians of Morocco. Sebastian I is often referred to as The Desired (o Desejado) or The Asleep (o Adormecido), as the Portuguese people longed for his return to end the decline of Portugal that began after his death. He is considered to be the Portuguese example of the King asleep in mountain legend as Portuguese tradition states his return, in a foggy dawn, in Portugal's greatest hour of need.
On 3 May 2016, the 126-year-old statue was accidentally destroyed by a person who knocked it over by climbing up for a selfie. The person was arrested and the statue reconstruted.
 

 

The Praça de D. Pedro IV (King Pedro IV Square), also The Rossio. It is located in the Pombaline Downtown of Lisbon and has been one of its main squares since the Middle Ages. It has been the setting of popular revolts and celebrations, bullfights and executions.