Rotunda da Boavista is the nickname for the Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque, a large roundabout

Roundabout

A roundabout is the name for a road junction in which traffic moves in one direction around a central island. The word dates from the early 20th century. Roundabouts are common in many countries around the world...

 in Porto

Porto

Porto , also known as Oporto in English, is the second largest city in Portugal and one of the major urban areas in the Iberian Peninsula. Its administrative limits include a population of 237,559 inhabitants distributed within 15 civil parishes...

, Portugal

Portugal

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. Its official name honours Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque

Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque

thumb|right|With his wife, 1898‎Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque was a Portuguese soldier. He captured Gungunhana in Chaimite and pacified Mozambique...

, a Portuguese soldier that fought in Africa

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 during 19th century.

A column in the middle of the square (Monumento aos Heróis da Guerra Peninsular) commemorates the victory of the Portuguese against the French troops that occupied Portugal during the Peninsular War

Peninsular War

The Peninsular War was a war between France and the allied powers of Spain, the United Kingdom, and Portugal for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars. The war began when French and Spanish armies crossed Spain and invaded Portugal in 1807. Then, in 1808, France turned on its...

 (1808–1814). The column, slowly built between 1909 and 1951, is a project by celebrated Porto architect José Marques da Silva

José Marques da Silva

José Marques da Silva was a portuguese architect .-Training:José Marques da Silva was born at 113 Rua de Costa Cabral, in Porto, on 18 October 1869. His architectural training began at the Porto Academy of Fine Arts, where his teachers were, among others, António Geraldes da Silva Sardinha,...

 and sculptor Alves de Sousa.

The Casa da Música

Casa da Música

Casa da Música is a major concert hall space in Porto, Portugal which houses the cultural institution of the same name with its three orchestras Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orquestra Barroca and Remix Ensemble...

, Porto's modern opera house, is located in the Rotunda da Boavista.

The Rotunda da Boavista has 31416 m² of area and there are eight streets reaching this roundabout:

• Avenida da Boavista
• Rua de Caldas Xavier
• Rua da Meditação
• Rua de Júlio Dinis
• Rua da Boavista
• Rua de Nossa Senhora de Fátima
• Avenida de França
• Rua de Cinco de Outubro