Praça da Constituição
Santa Maria Maior · Funchal
former square in Funchal, Madeira
Exact site unknown; shown at the parish
The Praça da Constituição was a former square in Funchal, earlier called Passeio Público, named after the liberal constitution proclaimed there on 28 January 1821. It was called Praça Real under D. Miguel, became Praça da República in 1911, and disappeared in 1914 when the Avenida Oeste was built. It adjoined the Municipal Garden and was a terminus of the tramway.
1Mentioned in
- Capelo and Ivens (the explorers) — Square decorated and illuminated for the explorers' arrival.
- National Guard — The square where the battalion's officers were elected in January 1836.
- Popular riots — Square where the 1870 crowd took Trindade e Vasconcelos.
- Republic (proclamation of the) — Square where the troops gathered in disorder.
- Submarine cable — Square in Funchal illuminated during the celebrations of the cable's opening.
- Old Funchal — Area planted with sugar cane in 1508.
- American railway — One terminus of the tramway.
- Visit of the King and Queen of Portugal — Richly decorated for the visit.
- Funchal Poorhouse — Square where the poor were served a dinner on 27 March 1847.
- Real (square) — The public promenade renamed Praça Real under D. Miguel.
- Jardim Municipal (Municipal Garden) — Square adjoining the garden; land to its west was laid out first.
- Jardim Pequeno — The garden lay beside this former square.
- Pillory — Former square within the Duke's Field.
2Chronology
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The officers of the National Guard battalion were elected at a meeting in the Praça da Constituição, Funchal.
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On 21 February the Funchal council appointed a committee to lay out gardens on the São Francisco convent grounds, and the small garden was built that year.
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The Praça da Constituição and the Jardim Pequeno in Funchal disappeared when construction of the Avenida Oeste began.