The Trade Place, it is sometimes called " Terrace of the palace ", in remembering of the palace of Manuel 1st destroyed by the seism of 1755. The place measures 180x200 meters and the buildings built by Eugenio dos Santos shelter today the post office and of the ministries. In the center sit imposingly the equestrian statue of Jose 1st, a work of the sculptor Machado of Castro (1775).