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JavierCR 🇪🇸
September 14, 2025
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The Obelisco da Memória, also known as the Mindelo Monument, is an important historical monument located on Praia da Memória, in the parish of Perafita, Lavra e Santa Cruz do Bispo, within the municipality of Matosinhos, north of Porto.
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•JavierCR 🇪🇸
September 14, 2025
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This obelisk commemorates the landing on July 8, 1832, of the liberal fleet commanded by King Pedro IV, who arrived with an army of 7,500 men from the Azores. Their objective was to establish a modern, liberal regime in Portugal, confronting the prevailing absolutism.
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Lemmi alias Schlumpf
May 26, 2024
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Completed in 1864, the obelisk stands on the spot where, on July 8, 1832, King Pedro IV landed with an army of 7,500 men, nicknamed "Los Bravos de la Memoria", to end the rule of his brother Miguel and return the throne to his daughter Maria.
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