Viana do Castelo - Praça da República

The old town hall, the Antigos Paços do Concelho on the east side of the square, is an early 16th C. granite building, now used for exhibitions, where bread used to be sold in its arcades at street level.

The Igreja da Misericórdia, rebuilt in the 18th C., is on the north side of the square and has fine talha dourada and 17th C. ajulejos in the interior.

Adjoining the Igreja da Misericórdia is the Misericord Hospice, a Flemish Renaissance style building begun in 1589.