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Statue of a Gallaecian warrior

1st century AD

National Museum of Archaeology

National Museum of Archaeology
Lisboa, Portugal

A statue of a Gallaecian warrior from the Castro Culture. Castro culture is the archaeological term for the Celtic culture of the north-western regions of the Iberian Peninsula (present-day northern Portugal together with Galicia, Asturias, Castile and León, Cantabria and Basque Country) from the end of the Bronze Age (c. 9th century BC) until it was subsumed by Roman culture (c. 1st century BC).

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  • Title: Statue of a Gallaecian warrior
  • Date Created: 1st century AD
  • Location: National Museum of Archaeology
  • Provenance: Outeiro Lezenho. Boticas. Portugal.
  • Rights: José Pessoa. ADF/DGPC
  • Medium: Granite
  • Art Movement: Castro
  • Art Form: Sculpture
National Museum of Archaeology

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