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Estátua da Senhora do Alívio

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Alívio (EN 101)
4730-571, Soutelo

Vila Verde

By this site are various expressions of gratitude to the Virgin of various regions of the country and even from abroad. Some believers go through this place almost every weekend, just to be able to touch the statue of the Lady of the Relief.

Estátua de Dom Domingos Gonçalves

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Largo de São Gualter
4810-438, Guimarães

Guimarães

Bust in bronze, located in the center of a large olive trees and stone garden benches, erected in honour of Domingos Gonçalves.

Estátua de Dom Pedro V

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Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque
4710-301, Braga

Braga

At the centre of the Mouzinho de Albuquerque Square (Campo Novo), there is a statue of D. Pedro V on a pedestal. It was placed at the Campo de Santa Ana (Central Avenue) in 1879 and moved to the Campo Grande around 1915. It is a reproduction of another statue existing at the Praça da Batalha, in Porto, a work of the sculptor Teixeira Lopes, father.

Estátua de Homenagem a Nuno Gonçalves e Gonçalo Nunes

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Largo do Marchal Gomes da Costa
4750-162, Arcozelo

Barcelos

Nuno Gonçalves was Alcaide-mor of the Castle de Faria, in the reign of Ferdinand I of Portugal. At this point the troops of Castile invaded our country. Taken prisoner by the Castilians, was taken to the walls of Castelo de Faria, in an attempt to convince his son, Gonçalo Nunes, then Chief of the garrison, to surrender. However, Nuno Gonçalves took the opportunity to urge his son to the resistance, and was promptly shot down. This episode became a legend and narrated by Alexandre Herculano.

Estátua de homenagem ao Homem e à Serra

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Praça Guilherme de Abreu
4850-527, Vieira do Minho

Vieira do Minho

Estátua de Homenagem aos Mortos da Grande Guerra

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Avenida da Liberdade (EN 204)
4750-312, Barcelos

Barcelos

Estátua de Homenagem de Barcelos a Francisco Sá Carneiro

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Praceta Doutor Francisco Sá Carneiro
4750-297, Barcelos

Barcelos

Francisco Sá Carneiro was a Portuguese politician, founder and leader of the Popular Democratic Party\/Social Democratic Party, and Prime Minister of Portugal, for about eleven months, in the year 1980. Francisco Sá Carneiro died on the night of December 4, 1980, in tragic circumstances and never completely clarified, when the plane in which followed crashed at Camarate, shortly after takeoff from Lisbon Airport, as he headed to the port to take part in a rally in support of the presidential candidate of the Coalition, General António Soares Carneiro.

Estátua de Jesus Cristo

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EN 205
4730-574, Soutelo

Vila Verde

Estátua de Nossa Senhora da Assunção

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Esporões
4705-474, Esporões

Braga

Large statue placed on a high pedestal, erected in honour of Nossa Senhora da Assunção.

Estátua de São Martinho de Dume

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Largo de São Martinho
4700-086, Braga

Braga

Image representing São Martinho de Dume.

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