点评:Wednesday 15th October we were out and about exploring and sightseeing in the historic City of Lagos along the Algarve in Portugal.
We visited this large bronze statue, which is one of the features in the City and stands in Praça Gil Eanes in the heart of the City.
It pays homage to King Sebastian 1 he was responsible for the elevation Lagos to the status of a City in 1573. He also set sail from here on his ill fated campaign in Morocco.
The oversized statue depicts the King in his battle armour with his helmet on the ground by his feet. The statue stands on a cobbled stone plinth. There is an inscription on the front of the plinth "A El Rei D.Sebastião 1973".
It is a popular focal and meeting point for locals and tourists alike.
Sebastian (Sebastião) was born on the 20th January 1554 in Lisbon and died on the 4th August 1578 at the battle of Alcazarquivir, Morocco, aged 24.
He was King of Portugal from 11th June 1557 to the 4th August 1578. He was the penultimate monarch of the House of Aviz.
Sebastião died unmarried and childless and was succedded by his great-uncle, the Cardinal-King Henry of Portugal
The sculpture was crafted by the artist João Cutileiro and was inaugurated in 1972.
翻译:10月15日星期三,我们游览了葡萄牙阿尔加维地区历史悠久的拉各斯城。
我们参观了这座大型青铜雕像,它是拉各斯的标志性建筑之一,矗立在市中心的吉尔·埃阿内斯广场。
这座雕像是为了纪念塞巴斯蒂安一世国王而建,正是他于1573年将拉各斯提升为城市。他还从这里启航,开始了他在摩洛哥的那场不幸的战役。
这座巨大的雕像描绘了国王身着战甲,头盔落在脚边的场景。雕像矗立在鹅卵石基座上。基座正面刻有铭文:“致塞巴斯蒂安国王,1973年”。
这里是当地人和游客都非常喜爱的聚会场所。
塞巴斯蒂安(塞巴斯蒂昂)于1554年1月20日出生于里斯本,1578年8月4日在摩洛哥阿尔卡扎基维尔河战役中阵亡,年仅24岁。
他于1557年6月11日至1578年8月4日担任葡萄牙国王,是阿维斯王朝倒数第二位君主。
塞巴斯蒂昂终身未婚,膝下无子,由其叔祖父、葡萄牙红衣主教国王亨利继承王位。
这座雕塑由艺术家若昂·库蒂莱罗创作,于1972年落成。