Nuno Álvares Pereira - Batalha, Portugal
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N 39° 39.486 W 008° 49.581
29S E 514896 N 4389825
Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira was a Portuguese general.
Waymark Code: WMAXX8
Location: Leiria, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/09/2011
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Dom Nuno Álvares Pereira, (July 24, 1360 – April 1, 1431), also spelled Nun'Álvares Pereira, was a Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile.
During the last year of his life, King John I went to visit and embrace him for the last time. He wept, for he considered Nuno Álvares Pereira his closest friend, the one who had put him on the throne and saved his country's independence.
The statue is next to the Mosteiro da Batalha.
(From Wikipedia)
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