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Praça 25 de Abril

This square acts as a civic centre of sorts and hosts three "great powers": the brutalist modern city hall building (Câmara Municipal), the mid-century Church of Our Lady of the Conception (Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), and the courthouse (Palácio da Justiça). This plaza holds the city's huge artificial Christmas tree each year and is a primary meeting point for the annual Carnaval (Mardi Gras) parade. The square's name refers to 25 April, the date of the Carnation Revolution in 1974 that overthrew Portugal's authoritarian Estado Novo government.

Getting there
Câmara
Hours
24 hours daily
Price
Free

Listing from Wikivoyage: Caldas da Rainha, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.