Place Camõ es, or more precisely Camoes, crowns the 1867 monument to Luis Camõ es (sculptor Bastos), the national poet of Portugal. His death on June 10.1580 coincided with the country's loss of independence, and this day is regularly celebrated in Portugal. The poet was brought up without a mother by his uncle, the chancellor of the University of Coimbra, having completed his education there, the poet settled in the capital, where he fell in love with the queen's maid of honor, whom he accidentally saw in the church.→