Dom Frei Caetano Brandão Square, square in Belém, Pará

Praça Dom Frei Caetano Brandão is an open square in the historic center of Belém with trees, benches, and a bronze statue of its namesake. The space is surrounded by colonial buildings and features pathways for walking and seating areas for resting beneath the trees.

Belém was founded in 1616 from the Largo da Matriz, today this square, whose first building was the Forte do Presépio. The first documented street, Rua do Norte (now Siqueira Mendes), opened from it in 1621. In 1748 work began on the Sé Cathedral and the square became Largo da Sé; in 1897 it was renamed for Dom Frei Caetano Brandão, 4th Bishop of Pará.

The square is named after Dom Frei Caetano Brandão, a bishop who worked with the sick and poor and established schools in the region. Today it functions as a gathering place for locals and hosts religious processions and community events that keep the city's traditions alive.

The square sits in the Cidade Velha, the city's founding nucleus, beside the Sé Cathedral and within walking distance of the Forte do Castelo and the Casa das Onze Janelas. Its slate-paved alleys and palm-lined beds are level ground for walking. Standardized stalls registered with the Municipal Secretariat of Economy sell coconut water, snacks and typical foods on the square itself.

The Círio de Nazaré procession starts at the Sé Cathedral beside the square, not on the square itself. Since 2003 the boat route was lengthened so the Círio Fluvial reaches the Feliz Lusitânia complex, opening the "Janelas para o Rio" along the waterfront of the Forte do Presépio and the Casa das Onze Janelas.