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Monument To The Unknown Soldier
To mark the Portuguese presence and honour the memory of the soldiers who died in the Battle of La Lys, several monuments were erected in the main cities of the country: “Monuments to the Unknown Soldier.”
In Coimbra, the Coimbra’s Agency of the Combatants League Commission took the initiative, presided by Captain Augusto dos Santos Conceição. The monument was inaugurated on 10 June 1932. It is a limestone work by Luís Fernandes in partnership with the architect António Varela, representing 4 soldiers in the uniform of the First World War, at the ready and assuming the position of the 4 directions around a column surmounted by a projectile that supports the city’s coat of arms.
Monument to Luís de Camões
Sculptural set consisting of a column, topped by a crown of bronze laurels, set on a pedestal containing the statue of a bronze lion. It was an initiative of the University of Coimbra Students for the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the poet’s death, and was inaugurated on 8 May 1881.
In 2005, by initiative of the Municipality of Coimbra the monument was transferred to the current location, on 14th September.