Porca da Murça -Vila Real- Portugal
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h_raky
N 41° 24.423 W 007° 27.198
29T E 629278 N 4585099
Murça county of Tras-os-Montes. The symbol is the famous Murça pig, a granite statue more than 2000 years which is after all ... a pig
Waymark Code: WMAFHD
Location: Vila Real, Portugal
Date Posted: 01/09/2011
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The sculpture is a monument carved zoomorphic Carved by a Celtic tribe.
The pig of Murça is a sculpture made of granite stone with a single 1.70 m long, 58 cm wide and about 1 m high. The realistic representation of the testes is unequivocal about the nature of the male animal, despite the designation of "porca" who wrongly remains today. On the back, in similarity to other examples of this type, bearing four small dimples and shallow.
Admission Fee (local currency): 0
Web Site: [Web Link]
Condition: Fully Reconstructed
Opening days/times: Not listed
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