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Tiles in Church São Vicente

Depicting :
The Lieutenant-General Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda (1735-1814), 'Governador das Armas' of the Trás-os-Montes province, calling up the population of Bragança to rise against the napoléonic régime, on 11 June 1808.
The cartouche reads : "O heroico brigantino tenente-general Manuel Jorge Gomes de Sepúlveda, na tarde do dia 11 de junho de 1808, nas escadas da egreja de São Vivente, falando ao povo de Bragança que o aclama come chefe do movimento que iniciou a libertação de Portugal do dominio francez."

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Source

  • Text: Alta Falisa
  • Photos: Alta Falisa
  • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bragan%C3%A7a_11_June_1808.JPG

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