sentences:  Sometime in the 17th century, Archbishop José de Bragança, ordered the reconstruction of the "Porta Nova" gate, to include the extension of Rococo decoration.As part of its construction (1772–1773), a statue representing the city of Braga was removed from the "Edifício das Arcadas" and installed on the arch of the new gate (around in 1772).Followed the following year by the archbishop (Gaspar de Bragança) ordering the transformation of the tower of the Porta Nova, to a triumphal arch in the Baroque style.