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Statue of Francisco de Silveira

Statue of Francisco de Silveira

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Statue of Francisco de Silveira

Name: Statue of Francisco de Silveira
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Location: Santa Maria Maior, Vila Real, Portugal

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Pacmen64 🇵🇹

April 3, 2025

He commanded the cavalry in 1807, when the Portuguese army was ordered to march from the borders to the coast. He was in Aveiro, when in December he was called to Coimbra to testify for the annihilation of the 6th, 9th, 11th and 12th regiments, by General Junot. With the fall of the monarchy in sight, he escaped to Porto in order to board an English ship, where he assumed that he would depart for Brazil. His plan foiled, he escaped to Vila Real, where he later became one of the factors in the acclamation of the legitimate government in 1808.

In March 1809 he led a force which carried out the successful Siege of Chaves from its French garrison. He kept the French from capturing Amarante from 18 April to 3 May 1809 during the second French invasion of Portugal. Driven out, he later recaptured the place and helped cut off the forces of Nicolas Soult, forcing the French marshal to abandon his artillery and wagon trains in order to escape. He commanded a Portuguese division in Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington's Allied army at the Battle of Vitoria on 21 June 1813.

Rosradler

January 9, 2025

Homage to the national hero of the city of Chaves for the victory (1809) over the French in the Napoleonic Wars.

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João Carlos Correia

November 23, 2025

The statue honors General Francisco Silveira, the man who led the recapture of Chaves from the French in 1809. Chaves was the first Portuguese city to liberate itself from Napoleon's rule, and it was this general (with the help of popular militias) who besieged the French army inside the Fort of São Francisco and forced them to surrender. The statue celebrates that courage and strategy.

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