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Monument to Viriathus (Zamora)

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The leading statue of the sculptural ensemble represents a standing and almost naked full-body figure of Viriathus, with his right arm extended in attitude of rallying his troops, while the left forearm holds a tunic and the left hand grabs a sheathed sword below the level of an abnormally long
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Failing to undergo a proper ceremony of inauguration, the monument was casually unveiled by transients on 12 January 1904.
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chieftain-shepherd put on an unpolished stone pedestal that features a
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The monument, with Viriathus' posture identified as performing a
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The statue stands 2-metre high and its bronze base reads
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41°30′09″N 5°44′54″W / 41.502494°N 5.748472°W / 41.502494; -5.748472
Plaza de Viriato
es
Zamora
Eduardo Barrón
Bronze
granite
Viriathus
Zamora
Viriathus
eponymous plaza
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Lusitanian
battering ram
Eduardo Barrón
Rome
Nelli
phallic
Orosius
granite
Torrefrades
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Roman (fascist) salute
Falange
Francoist dictatorship
Detail of the head of the battering ram
Detail of the statue

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