The Monument to the Heroes of Puente Sampayo is a memorial and sculptural group created by the Spanish sculptor Julio González Pola,[1] in Pontevedra, Spain.
It is in the gardens of the Plaza de España and was inaugurated on 27 August 1911. The monument commemorates the courage of the people of Pontevedra led by the officer Pablo Morillo and their triumph over the Napoleonic troops of Marshal Michel Ney, liberating Pontevedra from the occupation of the French army on 7 and 8 June 1809.[2]
^"La Guerra de la Independencia calle a calle en Pontevedra". Diario de Pontevedra (in Spanish). 3 December 2017.
^"La batalla del puente Sampayo, cuando España aplastó a Napoleón en Galicia". ABC (in Spanish). 27 June 2014.
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