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The monument comprises a tall bronze statue of Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es, the national poet, on a lioz limestone pillar surrounded by eight smaller statues of leading figures of Portuguese culture and literature in the Age of Discoveries: Fern\u00e3o Lopes, Pedro Nunes, Gomes Eanes de Zurara, Jo\u00e3o de Barros, Fern\u00e3o Lopes de Castanheda, Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo, Jer\u00f3nimo Corte-Real, and Francisco de S\u00e1 de Meneses.The monument was sculpted by Victor Bastos and unveiled in 1867, in the presence of King Lu\u00eds I and his father, Ferdinand II.History[edit]The first proposal to dedicate a monument to Cam\u00f5es dates to the beginning of the 19th century, following the publication of the 1817 luxury edition of The Lusiads sponsored by the Morgado of Mateus, in Paris. A commission to raise the necessary funds was established, presided by the Portuguese Ambassador in Paris, the Marquis of Marialva. This first attempt was doomed to fail, after it earned the grudge of some sectors of the Portuguese public when it became apparent that foreign artists were being considered to design it.[1]The matter lay dormant until 1855, the year when the remains of the poet \u2014 that had been lost since the 1755 Lisbon earthquake destroyed the old Convent of Saint Anne\u00a0[pt] in which he was known to have been interred in 1580 \u2014 were tentatively (and probably mistakenly) identified. The idea to memorialise Cam\u00f5es grew increasingly popular. Victor Bastos, a substitute professor at the Academy of Fine Arts and popular sculptor hurried to publicly submit a project for the a monument in 1859, which was very well received. A Central Commission to raise funds for the monument’s construction was established, made up of prominent names: the Duke of Saldanha (its President), the Count of Farrobo, the Viscount of Juromenha, businessman Jos\u00e9 Maria Eug\u00e9nio de Almeida, the Viscount of Meneses, Francisco Augusto Metrass, Ant\u00f3nio Feliciano de Castilho, and Jos\u00e9 da Silva Mendes Leal\u00a0[pt]. The project soon secured sufficient subscriptions for the project, with a substantial contribution from the Portuguese diaspora in Brazil.[1]  The unveiling of the Cam\u00f5es Monument, 1867The site chosen to erect the monument in the fashionable neighbourhood of Chiado, the Pra\u00e7a do Loreto (Loreto Square; thus known for its proximity to the Igreja do Loreto\u00a0[pt]) was accordingly renamed Pra\u00e7a de Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es (Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es Square) by the City Council. The square had previously been the site of a 17th-century palace of the Marquesses of Marialva that had been ruined in the 1755 earthquake.The foundation stone was ceremoniously set by King Lu\u00eds I on 28 June 1862; on 9 October 1867, the same monarch solemnly unveiled the statue.[1]In the late 19th century, the monument became the focus of important patriotic manifestations as Cam\u00f5es, in the Romantic spirit, was hailed as a symbol of the “heroic age”, a paragon of “all the aspirations of the Portuguese nation, its glories and tragedies”.[2] Particularly notable were the highly politicised official tricentennial celebrations of Cam\u00f5es’s death in 1880, a key moment in the consecration of Cam\u00f5es as a symbol of nationhood.[3] Following the 1890 British Ultimatum, seen as an outrageous national humiliation, the monument was covered in black cr\u00eape.[2]Description[edit]The statue, in cast bronze, is 4 metres (13\u00a0ft) tall and weighs approximately 9,700 kilograms (21,400\u00a0lb). Cam\u00f5es is depicted aged around 50; he stands in elegant pose, garbed in court dress (jerkin, padded hose, stockings, and a cape) and gazing directly ahead with an expression of gravity. His extended right arm holds an unsheathed sword and his left arm holds a copy of The Lusiads to his chest; on his feet lie a breastplate and a pile of books.[4]The pedestal on which the figure of Cam\u00f5es stands is 7.48 metres (24.5\u00a0ft) tall and is made of lioz limestone; it has eight faces and, on each angle, a plinth over which stands a smaller statue. Each statue stands at 4 metres (13\u00a0ft). These eight smaller statues depict leading figures of Portuguese culture of the Age of Discoveries: historian Fern\u00e3o Lopes, cosmographer Pedro Nunes, chroniclers Gomes Eanes de Zurara, Jo\u00e3o de Barros, and Fern\u00e3o Lopes de Castanheda, and epic poets Vasco Mouzinho de Quevedo, Jer\u00f3nimo Corte-Real, and Francisco de S\u00e1 de Meneses.[4]With the exception of Jo\u00e3o de Barros, whose likeness was taken from a portrait published in Manuel Severim de Faria’s 1624 Discursos Varios Politicos (which also includes a portrait of Cam\u00f5es), all other figures on the monument were imagined and idealised by sculptor Victor Bastos, as no contemporary portraits could be found.[4]References[edit]^ a b c Moita, Irisalva (1972). “Lisboa e o seu Munic\u00edpio nas Comemora\u00e7\u00f5es Camonianas” [Lisbon and its Municipality in the Camonian Commemorations] (PDF). Revista Municipal: Publica\u00e7\u00e3o Cultural da C\u00e2mara Municipal de Lisboa (in Portuguese). XXXIII (134\/135): 15\u201330. Retrieved 4 February 2020.^ a b Cunha, Carlos Manuel F. da (2011). “III Centen\u00e1rio da morte de Cam\u00f5es (1880)” [3rd Centennial of the death of Cam\u00f5es (1880)]. Universidade do Minho – Instituto de Letras e Ci\u00eancias Humanas. hdl:1822\/17069. ^ Jo\u00e3o, Maria Isabel (2015). “The Invention of the Dia de Portugal“. Portuguese Studies. 31 (1): 64\u201383. doi:10.5699\/portstudies.31.1.0064.^ a b c Netto, Antonio Maria d’Almeida, ed. (1870). Album de Homenagens a Luiz de Cam\u00f5es [Album of the Homages to Lu\u00eds de Cam\u00f5es] (in Portuguese). 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