Dom Afonso Henriques - Lisbon, Portugal
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A statue of Dom Afonso Henriques, also known as Afonso I of Portugal, is located in a park in the Campo Grande area of Lisbon, Portugal.
Waymark Code: WM9THY
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/28/2010
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"Afonso I or Alfonso I (c. 1109, Guimarães or Viseu – 6 December 1185, Coimbra), more commonly known as Afonso Henriques, nicknamed "the Conqueror" (Portuguese: o Conquistador), "the Founder" (Portuguese: o Fundador) or "the Great" (Portuguese: o Grande) by the Portuguese, and El-Bortukali ("the Portuguese") and Ibn-Arrik ("son of Henry", "Henriques") by the Moors whom he fought, was the first King of Portugal. He achieved the independence of the southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia -County of Portugal- from the León, in 1139, doubling its area with the Reconquista, which he carried until his death, in 1185, after forty-six years of wars against the Moors."
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The statue was sculpted by Leopoldo de Almeida in 1950.