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Housing rights camp occupies Rossio square and is dismantled

Thousands of demonstrators occupied Lisbon's Rossio square to demand housing rights, erected tents and later voted to end the encampment.

26 October 2026Tagblick Newsdesk

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Archive photo: Housing rights camp occupies Rossio square and is dismantled — Archive photoPhoto: Peter Paul Rubens · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Thousands of housing rights demonstrators occupied Rossio square in Lisbon from 6.30 p.m. onwards. Participants began setting up tents behind the statue of D. Pedro IV, filling the entire square in an action that became known as the "mega encampment".

According to ECO, around 10 p.m. on the first night, the Acampada de Lisboa had counted 130 tents erected on Rossio square. The count was made during a meeting of delegates from affinity groups, and approximately 300 people planned to sleep in the tents that Saturday-to-Sunday night.

During the stay at Rossio, police action resulted in 27 injured, according to information from Notícias ao Minuto.

The popular assembly of Acampada de Lisboa subsequently met and approved the dismantling of Rossio square. The same assembly also decided to hold vigils from Monday onwards, according to RTP.

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