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Monumento aos Heróis da Guerra Traditional Cache

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MONUMENTO aos HERÓIS da GUERRA PENINSULAR

O Monumento aos Heróis da Guerra Peninsular localiza-se na Rotunda da Boavista, Porto, Portugal.

A Guerra Peninsular, assim designada, foi aquela que uniu os portugueses e os ingleses contra os exércitos de França, de Napoleão Bonaparte, na Península Ibérica, no período de 1808 a 1814.

É da autoria do arquitecto Marques da Silva e do escultor Alves de Sousa, tendo começado a ser contruido em 1909 e apenas inaugurado em 1952. São 45 metros que separam a base do topo, com vários elementos escultóricos.

Monument to the Heroes of the Peninsular War is located in Rotunda da Boavista.

The Peninsular War, thus designated, was the one that united the Portuguese and the English against Napoleon Bonaparte's French armies, in the Iberian Peninsula, between 1808 and 1814.

It is designed by the architect Marques da Silva and the sculptor Alves de Sousa, having started to be built in 1909 and only inaugurated in 1952. There are 45 meters separating the base from the top, with various sculptural elements.

 

 

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