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Monument to Agustina de Aragón (Zaragoza)

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Conjunto Histórico de Zaragoza P8156090
Conjunto Histórico de Zaragoza P8156090

Agustina Zaragoza y las Heroínas or the Monument to Agustina de Aragón is an instance of public art in Zaragoza, Spain. Designed by Mariano Benlliure, it consists of a bronze statue of Agustina de Aragón topping off a stone pedestal that displays two other sculptural groups and a number of reliefs. The latter subsidiarily pay homage to another six heroines of the Zaragozan theatre of the Peninsular War.

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Monument to Agustina de Aragón (Zaragoza)
Plaza del Portillo, Zaragoza San Pablo

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Agustina de Aragón

Plaza del Portillo
50003 Zaragoza, San Pablo
Aragon, Spain
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Conjunto Histórico de Zaragoza P8156090
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