- The Rossio has been a meeting place for people of Lisbon for centuries.
- Between 1886 and 1887, the Rossio received another building that still characterizes it today, Rossio Station.
- Plenty of international students come live in Rossio, and Martim Moniz attracts plenty of people from all cultures and countries who come to work in Lisbon.
- The official name is Dom Pedro IV Square, but everyone knows it as Rossio.
- Rossio Square is a traditional centre of activity and the starting point of the city’s main promenade, the wide, gently sloping Avenida da Liberdade.
- The plane tree peppered Rossio Square is the place Lisbon's neighborhood life ticks over consistently.
- In the Northwest corner of the square is the Rossio train station, a Neo-Manueline masterpiece designed by José Luís Monteiro in 1887.
- First there’s the historic lift which links the lower areas of Rossio with the upper areas near the Carmo Convent.
- In the Middle Ages, Rossio was the place to be for executions, bullfighting and demonstrations, but it doubled as a meeting place.
- The Estação Central do Rossio, also known as Rossio Railway Station, is one of the main transportation hubs in Lisbon, Portugal.