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3 · Squares

Rossio

Lisbon's old main square, its wave-patterned pavement under the column of Pedro IV.

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Paved in waves in 1849
On race night
Drummers on the fountains at km 2

Rossio has been Lisbon’s meeting place since the Middle Ages. The black-and-white wave pavement was laid in 1849 and copied as far away as Rio.

At km 2 of the 5K the drummers stand on the edges of the fountains.

Races that pass here

Rossio in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

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  • Chiado in Lisbon at night, lit in magenta and violet, runners passing

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    Theatres, bookshops and cafés round Praça Luís de Camões: the loudest kilometre of the course.

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