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Sign: Cascais - a memorial pillar inaugurated in 1834


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Largo da Lota 3, 2750-474 Cascais, Portugal
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On the sign:
SE A FORÇA FEZ LEVANTAR
UM PADRÃO A TIRANIA
A RAINHA NESTE DIA
CASCAIS O VAI CONSAGRAR

4 DE ABRIL DE 1834
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At the top of the column is a crown and below it the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Portugal (the period between 1910-1139)

The pillar was taken on the same day Click for a larger image

According to the date on the sign, it is the end of the liberal wars (civil war in Portugal), it may be related to the return of Queen Maria II to the throne.

Translation of the text on the sign:
IF FORCE MADE UP
A PATTERN TO TYRANNY
THE QUEEN ON THIS DAY
CASCAIS WILL CONSECRATE

APRIL 4, 1834



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