| República do Brasil Square | |
| Native Name: | Largo da República do Brasil |
| Native Name Lang: | pt |
| Place Type: | Square |
| Other Names: | Campo da Feira |
| Image Place: | Guimarães34.jpg |
| Image Caption: | The Campo da Feira in 2007, the Santos Passos Church is behind the photographer. |
| Location: | Guimarães, Portugal |
The Largo da República do Brasil, popularly known as Campo da Feira, is the largest and one of the most important squares in Guimarães, Portugal. It has many of the city's landmarks such as the Santos Passos Church, the S. Francisco Comercial Center and the old Colégio de Nossa Senhora da Conceição.
In the south of the Campo da Feira is located the main attraction of the square, the Santos Passos Church, and opposite to it are the streets that lead to the Oliveira Square and the Medieval Walls and the Nossa Senhora da Guia Chapel and respective oratory. These are separated by three rectangular gardens filled with flowers and bushes that are changed periodically to match the current season.[1]
These gardens are surrounded by Portuguese pavement and subsequently by roads. The garden farthest from the church, previously a roundabout,[2] features a stone fountain at its front and the garden closest to the church features four granite statues, one at each corner, with the two statues farthest from the church having small fountains incorporated in their pedestal.[3]
These statues were previously located next to the Santos Passos Church, on the columns of the staircase leading up to it. The statues represent the four saints who wrote the epistles, St. Paul, St. Peter, St. James and St. Jude. The gardens, officially called Jardins do Largo da República do Brasil, received the national award for good practices in local administration in 2008.[4]
The square was home of the Vila Pouca Theatre, located on the right side of the Campo da Feira.[5] After the Count of Vila Pouca Theatre was purposely burned down on the night of 18 January 1841, the Afonso Henriques Theatre was built on the northwest part of the square in 1853, to replace it. It was inaugurated in 1855[6] but due to its poor state and decaying structure it was demolished in the 1940's,[7] being replaced by the Jordão Theatre, built in the 1930s and inaugurated in 1938 at the Afonso Henriques Avenue.[8] [9]