Statues of Iberian Historical Figures

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Post some of your favourite statues from the Iberian Peninsula or statues with Iberian figures around the world.

Cid Campeador, located in Burgos (Spain)

Dom José I, located in Lisboa (Portugal)

[Cristiano viejo]

Viriato, "Terror Romanorum", in Zamora


Don Pelayo, in Covadonga (Asturias), where the Reconquista was born

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Lisboa (Portugal)

[Cristiano viejo]

Vimara Pérez, founder of the city of Oporto, in front of the Oporto Cathedral

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Monumento a la batalla de las Navas de Tolosa, La Carolina (Spain)

[Sebastianus Rex]

Giraldo Sem Pavor - Évora

Liberator of Évora, decapitating a Moor. Highly glorious statue !

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Dom Pedro IV, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Luís Vaz de Camões, Goa (India). Considered to be Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.

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Jorge Álvares, Macau (China). First European to have reached China by sea during the Age of Discovery.

[Cristiano viejo]

Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto, in Sarasota, Florida. First European discovering the Mississipi river


Spanish conquistador Tristán de Luna, in Luna Park, Florida. First European colonizer on Florida