QUOTE:

IN THE YEAR 1686

HIS MAJESTY ORDERS

THAT CARRIAGES, SLEDGES

AND BEDDING THAT COMES

FROM THE ORDINANCE OF

THE SALVADOR RETREAT

FOR THE SAME PART.

We can still see it on a wall on Rua Do Salvador in Alfama.

His Majesty, King D. Pedro II, erected this plaque in 1686 to guide animal-drawn vehicles, such as carriages, coaches, oxcarts, or carts, that passed through this narrow artery.

In fact, the king had 24 traffic signs installed and posted, but only this one has survived to the present day.

In practice, those travelling down the artery were given less priority than those travelling up.

The street, which itself is currently a simple and narrow alleyway connecting Rua Das Escolas Gerias and Rua De Sao Tome,

Even so, it was significant around 400 years ago, when it was the link between the castle doors of Sao Jorge and Baixa.

Anyone who disobeyed these traffic signs would be fined 2000 Cruzados and could be deported to Brazil.