User:Carcharoth/Article incubator/Mafra war memorial
This war memorial consists of three statues (shown here) with inscriptions on three sides and a carved crossbow on the front. In front of the statues, and not seen here, is an array of marker-type memorials with carved regimental badges dedicated to specific battles and wars in Portuguese history which are named on each one. From left to right, the statues are a conquistador, a soldier of the Napoleonic Peninsular War, and a soldier from World War I. There are 20 markers arrayed in front of the statues, ten on either side.
Inscriptions[edit]
- A - AO VALOR DO INFANTE
- B - NAOHA NA EUROPA INFANTARIA COMO A PORTUGUESA
- C - NA LUSA HISTORIA MEMORADOS ALTOS FEITOS A FAMA CONSAGRADOS
Battle markers[edit]
- Angola, Guine, Mocambique (1961-1974)
- La Lys (1918)
- Mongua (1915) fr:Bataille de Mongua
- Marracuene (1895) pt:Combate de Marracuene
- Vitoria (1813)
- Pirineus (1813)
- Albuera (1811)
- Montes Claros (1665)
- Ameixial (1663)
- Aljubarrota (1385)
- Ferme du Bois (1918)
- Fauquissart (1917)
- Naulila (1914)
- Tolosa (1814)
- Nive (1813)
- Badajoz (1812)
- Bucaco (1810)
- Castelo Rodrigo (1664)
- Linhas de Elvas (1659)
- Atoleiros (1384)