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Elvas
Portalegre (distrito)
Alentejo

rotunda do Campo Patalino do Estádio Municipal

Monumento ao Combatente de Ultramar

Monument to the Combatants of Overseas Wars

João de Paula
2008

Elvas / Monumento ao Combatente de Ultramar

Description

Statue of an attacking soldier. The statue stands on a semi-circle plateau with at the edge the bronze coat-of-arms of the former Portuguese colonies:

Elvas - Monumento ao Combatente de Ultramar
S. Tome e Principe
India
Guiné
Angola

Mocambique*
Timor
Cabo Verde
Macau

* The coat of arms of Moçambique was lying on the ground - we hold it on its place manually for the photo!

Inscription(s)

aos combatentes
das
guerras
do
ultramar
1961-1974

Signature

João de Paula 2008

Elvas - Monumento ao Combatente de Ultramar

Memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of the names on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists. (contact form)

Sculptor

João de Paula Portuguese sculptor, with atelier in Spain (Blogspot).

Sources & Information

Arronches em notícias, 26 Dec 2014, Elvas – Ladrões levaram seis brasões do monumento das guerras do ultramar.

Locatie (N 38°52'38" - W 7°9'33") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat071; Photograph: 4 September 2017
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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S. Tome e Principe	India	Guiné	Angola
Mocambique*	Timor	Cabo Verde	Macau