"Location
Parish: Vera-Cruz
Street/Place: Praça Joaquim de Melo Freitas, next to the headquarters of Clube dos Galitos
Original Location: Yes
Identification
Designation: Freedom Obelisk / Commemoration of the Centenary of the birth of José Estevão
Date of placement: December 26, 1909
Ephemeride: Commemoration of the Centenary of the birth of José Estevão and tribute to the people of Aveiro who fought in the liberal struggles
District Attorney
Name/Institution: Club dos Gallitos
Description
Author: Ernesto Korrodi
Workshop: Korrodi's workshop, in Leiria
Materials: Granite, limestone and marble
Description
Art Nouveau obelisk based on a pedestal with geometric decoration, where the upper part is carved in limestone and the lower part in marble. The connection between these two components (obelisk and pedestal) is made by a volume extremely decorated with plant elements. The following inscriptions can be read on the four sides of the pedestal:
26 – XII * 1809 * 26 – XII * 1909
To the memory of the people of Aveiro who suffered for freedom
Raised by the Club dos Gallitos
1st Centenary of the Birth of José Estevam
history
Inaugurated on December 26, 1909, to commemorate the first centenary of the birth of José Estêvão, a recognized tribune and defender of Liberalism, the monument is also dedicated to “the most brilliant part that this city had in the luctas liberales”, in particular the martyred Aveiro people. in the Revolution of 1828.
This initiative by Clube dos Galitos thus sought to honor all those who, in the 19th century, had fought for a liberal regime (see monument to the Martyrs of Liberty in the Central Cemetery of Aveiro, 1866)."
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