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Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Monument. Show all posts

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Visit the Monument of Homage to the Heroic Mothers of the 20th Century - Espinhosela


Wednesday, July 4, 2018

Visit the Monument of the Seven Fountains - São Victor (Braga)

The Seven Fountains, located in the Parish of St. Victor, with its immense stone-clad ducts, where two people can pass simultaneously, with their subterranean pipes, some in depth and others near the surface, with mines and wells, with the six "houses" - once numbered seven - in which they join, treat and decant the waters are an important monument.
For hundreds of years the Seven Fountains were the city's main water supply point.

Visit the Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - São Victor (Braga)

The Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in the parish of St. Victor, boasts a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to commemorate the solemn consecration of the city and archdiocese of Braque to the Divine Heart of Christ held on May 16, 1886.

Saturday, May 26, 2018

Visit The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner - Salvador (Beja)

The Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner whose model was projected in 1953 for the International Sculpture Competition promoted by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, where it was awarded. The mock-up took place at the Tate Gallery in London. It was also presented at the II São Paulo Biennial, Brazil (Portuguese representation). The project was implemented in larger dimensions in 1994 to be installed in the Parish of Salvador (Beja).
The original work of Jorge Vieira, in bronze, 445 x 300 x 290 mm, is in the Chiado Museum. The replica, also of Jorge Vieira, is made of steel and copper plate.

Monday, May 21, 2018

Visit the Monument to Catarina Eufémia - Baleizão

The monument to Catarina Eufémia, located in the Parish of Baleizão, in the exact place where she was murdered, honors this rural worker, a militant of the PCP, who was killed by the GNR on May 19, 1954.

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Visit the Urban Park of the River Ul - São João da Madeira

The Urban Park of the River Ul, located in S. João da Madeira, was designed by the architect Sidónio Pardal, and has a total area equivalent to almost 30 football fields, the Urban Park of the Rio Ul is outlined by granite walls. From the inside you can see paths that invite walking or cycling.
Visitors to the Urban Park of the Rio Ul also have at their disposal the House of Nature where there is a bar and a reception room / environmental interpretation center, as well as a space of bathhouses.

Visit the Ferreira de Castro Park - São João da Madeira

The Ferreira de Castro Park, located in São João da Madeira, is a pleasant green space, suitable for leisure and recreational activities for all ages.
It has maintenance circuit, mini golf, playground, playground, gerontological park (playground for the elderly) and picnic area.
Also note the cozy bar "A Selva", thus baptized in reference to the work of Ferreira de Castro, writer who gives name to the park, where there is a monument in his honor.

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Visit the Black Nails Monument - São João da Madeira

The "Unhas Negras" Monument, located in São João da Madeira, is a symbol of the Headgear Industry and a fair tribute to the "poor hatters." The name "Unhas Negras", the title of the novel by João da Silva Correia, who worked on the fulas and kept their nails tinted black. The nickname came to be generalized and was, for a long time, used to designate the inhabitants of S. João da Madeira.

Wednesday, May 9, 2018

Sunday, May 6, 2018

Visit the 1000 Year Monument - Vacar

The 1000 year old monument, located in the parish of Vacariça, was erected to mark the thousand years of history of this locality.

Friday, April 27, 2018

Visit the Monument of the Water Garrafões - Luso


Visit the Monument to the Battle of Buçaco - Luso

The Buçaco Battle Monument, located in the Parish of Luso, outside the forest walls, is surrounded by chains of iron linking eight pieces of artillery.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Visit the Monument to the Fireman - Vera Cruz (Aveiro)

The Monument to the firefighters of Aveiro, is located in the Parish of Vera Cruz and consists of four independent volumes, the main of which is a fireman, a full-length figure made in Bronze. The pedestal consists of concrete blocks. A second volume carries the inscription: "When Fire / MCMLXX" and an epigraph placed upon the Fire Services Day celebration, in 2001.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Visit the Monument to the April 25 and nationalizations - São Sebastião (Setúbal)

The Monument to the April 25 and nationalizations, located in the parish of São Sebastião (Setúbal), was inaugurated in 1985, and is authored by the sculptors Antonio Domingues Trinidad and Virgil, whose execution was due to the volunteer workers of Setnave.

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Visit the Monument of the Dolphin, Bottlenose Dolphin - Our Lady of the Annunciation (Setúbal)

The Monument to-bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), located in the Parish of Our Lady of the Annunciation, is a symbol of the city of Setubal and the Sado River Bottlenose dolphins that come into the group in Sado estuary to feed and who make delight of those who see them jumping out of water.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Visit the Monument to the People of Bharatpur

The Monument to the People of Bharatpur was inaugurated on April 25, 1999, on the occasion of the celebrations of 25th anniversary of the April 25, honoring the struggle of the people of Bharatpur.