PRAÇA DA REPÚBLICA

In the heart of Santo Antônio, the Praça da Republica is one of the most beautiful squares in the city, founded on the gardens of Count Maurice de Nassau. It is formed by three gardens with numerous sculptures of classical deities. Around the fountain, lit at night, are imperial palms and a huge old baobab tree. Around the square, the Teatro Santa Isabel designed by the Frenchman Lousi-Léger Vautier, a high place of the cultural life of the city (19th century), the Palácio do Campo das Princesas (1841) and the Palácio da Justiça.