The dock is surrounded by the Clock Square, the Açaí Fair and the Ver-o-Peso Market.

[1] In 1803, under the government of D. Marcos de Noronha e Brito, Count of Arcos, the Igarapé do Piri, a beach area on the edge of the Campina neighborhood, located next to the Meat Market, it was filled in to support Belém's urban development.

The estuary was transformed into the Ver-o-Peso Dock and the Pedra do Peixe, where the Casa de Haver-o-Peso activities continued, along with an informal fishermen's market.

In 1901, one of the city's first wide thoroughfares, Boulevard Castilhos França, was designed with an art nouveau influence.

The complex covers an area of 35,000 square meters and includes a series of historic buildings such as the Boulevard Castilhos França, the Meat Market, the Ver-o-Peso Market, the Fisherman's Square, the Açaí Fair, the Ladeira do Castelo and the Solar da Beira.