 Then the New square later came to be known as the "Praça Nova do Almada" or Almada's New Square, in honor to the "corregedor", for having been one of the main boosters of the Royal Provision by Queen Mary I.The meeting and leisure usefulness of the square was favored by the raising of the arches of the new town hall building, as it protected people from the weather.The new city hall, which was occupied in 1807, turned the new square into the political hub of the town.