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Praça da República has a triangular shape. The São Roque Chapel, today mostly known as
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or Saint Roch Chapel was founded in 1582, by the seafarer Diogo Peres de S.Pedro and his wife Maria
Fernandes de Faria. Meanwhile the cult to a Saint James icon (possibly from the 15th century), found at the beach, expanded the Saint James cult, justifying a change in invocation. In 1741 the
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representing the pilgrim . It is a central stop for pilgrims on the
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Portuguese Republic.
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