Rua 5 de Outubro

The current name of Rua 5 de Outubro, honouring the Proclamation of the Republic, dates from 1910. However, its name from the 14th century still remains in the collective memory: Rua da Selaria. It was certainly a street defined in the period of Roman occupation, although the tortuous nature of its layout is most likely due to the location of the market of the city of Yâbûra, the “souk”. Present since Christian medieval times, it is one of the few streets documented from the 13th century, having numerous names: Rua dos Mercadores, Sapataria, Correaria…being some of them. Rua da Selaria dates back to 1376 and stems from the fact that the tents of the saddlers, or saddle and harness makers, were located here. In fact, the manufacture of leather, as its previous place names reveal, seems to have been the principal industry practised here. In the 15th century, it was the street where Jewish goldsmiths were located, but the “Saddlery” still prevailed. Therefore, it was a preferential street for commercial trade, a function that, certainly not by chance, is the one that still conserves today.

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