The Portsmouth Napoleonic Society
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Porto: The former Bishop's Seminary in the Largo do Padre Baltazar Guedes: View
from the seminary across the Douro to the Mosteiro da Nossa Serra do Pilar
The Monument in Oporto:
The Monument to the Heroes of the
Peninsular War situated in the middle of the Boavista district of Porto.
Despite being in the middle of a busy round-a-bout the monument is set in a
peaceful tree-lined garden. The monument celebrates the Portuguese and
British victory against the French forces of Napoleon during the 1808-1814
Peninsular War. Set atop the impressive column is a lion, representing the
Portuguese and British, dominating an eagle, representing the forces of
Napoleon.
Military Museum Oporto: The views from the Monastery:
The Monument to the bridge of boats:
The house used by Soult in Oporto:
Graham Moores great pictures
The Bridge at Oporto
The Seminary from the Position of Wellingtons Guns
The Monastery the Position of Wellingtons Guns would have been on the extreme left of this building
The Seminary
Port Barges and the Ferry point at Avintas Picture below from our visit in 2000
A good account of the battle can be found here on Andrew Jacksons site: http://www.peninsularwar.org/porto.htm If you would like to see more pictures before we can get round to posting them or more info please send us an email and we will see what we have. |
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