Praça Luís de Camões
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| other_name = Praça António Lereno, Pracinha da Escola Grande
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| namesake = Luís de Camões
| location = Praia, Cape Verde
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Praça Luís de Camões (also known as Praça António Lereno, formerly Pracinha da Escola Grande) is the second main square of the capital city of Praia, Cape Verde.[http://www.caboverde-info.com/content/download/8370/73135/version/1/file/Inventa%CC%81rio+dos+Recursos+Turi%CC%81sticos+da+Praia+%E2%80%93+Santiago.pdf Inventário dos recursos turísticos do município da Praia], Direcção Geral do Turismo, p. 39-40 It is located between Rua Serpa Pinto and Avenida Andrade Corvo in the eastern part of the Plateau, the historical city centre of Praia.[http://hdl.handle.net/11328/594 Valor simbólico do centro histórico da Praia], Lourenço Conceição Gomes, Universidade Portucalense, 2008, p. 374-396 The square is named after the 16th century Portuguese writer Luís de Camões.
Notable buildings and structures on the square:
- monument to the physician António Lereno (1850-1916)
- the former Escola Grande (primary school), built in 1877
- the former public library, currently housing the rectorate of the University of Cape Verde
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