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Badajoz – Obelisk 2012 – Parque de los Sitios de Badajoz

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English: Badajoz was besieged twice during the Guerra de la Independencia Española (Peninsular War) :

first in 1811 when Spain was invaded and occupied by the napoléonic régime (►https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Badajoz_%E2%80%93_Obelisco_a_la_Memoria_del_General_Menacho.jpg),
and again in 1812 when freed by the Allied forces led by Lord Wellington.

To commemorate the bi-centenary of the Liberation of Badajoz on April 6, 1812, an obelisk designed by Estanislao García Olivares has been erected at the foot of the Santa Maria Bastion, an expanse now called "Parque de los Sitios de Badajoz".
The Obelisk was inaugurated on April 21, 2012 in presence of representatives of Spain, Portugal and the United Kingdom, and also France. There are four commemorative plaques on the basis of the monument.

«[La Liberación de Badajoz] fue un punto de inflexión en la guerra. Badajoz era una plaza decisiva, la llave de la frontera.» (Alberto González, Chronicler)

Cemitério dos Ingleses at Elvas (Portugal)
<► https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elvas_%E2%80%93_Cemiterio_dos_Ingleses,_visto_da_entrada.jpg
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Author Alta Falisa
Camera location38° 52′ 34.97″ N, 6° 57′ 55.37″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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