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Bronze relief of Dom Afonso Henriques, the first King of Portugal.
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SSTF lemmy.world setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
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username_1 discuss.tchncs.de username_1@discuss.tchncs.de
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1128-1928. That guy lived unexpectedly long.
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JohnnyEnzyme piefed.social JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social
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Wow... that's an interesting situation. Encased in a wall, huh?

And what type of hanging mail was that meant to convey around his head, I wonder. Scale?
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SSTF lemmy.world setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
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JohnnyEnzyme wrote:
Wow... that's an interesting situation. Encased in a wall, huh? And what type of hanging mail was that meant to convey around his head, I wonder. Scale?

I believe it does, there is a statue of him with similar patterning over what would have been chainmail on his clothes in addition to the helmet.
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SSTF lemmy.world setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
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username_1 wrote:
1128-1928. That guy lived unexpectedly long.

The relief was made in 1928, commemorating 800th anniversary the Battle of São Mamede, which Henriques won and is considered an important milestone in Portugese independence from Spain.
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jdr lemmy.ml jdr@lemmy.ml
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I love pepperoni on a king
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