General Tibúrcio Square, Public square in central Fortaleza, Brazil

General Tibúrcio Square is a public plaza in central Fortaleza featuring three bronze lion statues, wide stone stairways, and a statue of writer Rachel de Queiroz sitting on a bench. The space connects multiple areas of downtown through street intersections and serves as a transit hub.

The square originated in 1730 with the construction of Nossa Senhora do Rosário Church in the area. In 1888, it received its first public monument, a memorial honoring General Tibúrcio, which gave the square its name.

Locals call it Praça dos Leões, though the group is two lions and one tiger, cast at the Val d'Osne foundry in Paris. The Ceará Museum and the Ceará Academy of Letters stand around the square, not inside it. A life-size statue of writer Rachel de Queiroz sits on one of its benches.

The square is located at the intersection of São Paulo and Sena Madureira streets, providing access to multiple directions within downtown. The area is easily walkable and offers good connections to several public transportation routes.

The square's three bronze cats are not all lions: two lions and one tiger, cast at the Val d'Osne foundry in Paris. The tiger, "Tigre debout rugissant" by Henri Alfred Jacquemart, has a twin in Maceió's Praça Dois Leões, as does his roaring lion. The staircase piece, "Lion attaqué par un serpent", is of unknown authorship and is copied in São Paulo's Praça Buenos Aires.