Travel to Portugal

Viriathus Statue

Viriathus Statue in Viseu is a memorial for Viriathus, who was the most important leader of the Lusitanian tribe that resisted the Roman expansion into the regions of Western Iberia, considered a Portuguese national hero and lived from 180 BC to 139 BC. This Portuguese hero led the Lusitanian guerrilla to many victories over the Romans, between 147 BC and 139 BC, before he was betrayed by some of his own men and killed.

Viseu

Viseu is a city in central Portugal, and an important hub for being crossed by a main European road link, the A25, connecting it to Aveiro and Guarda, and Salamanca in Spain. Viseu is very famous for its wine, Dão, and its annual agricultural fair, where you will see lots of handicrafts like black pottery, bobbin lace, embroidery, etc. This city is very rich in churches, convents and chapels, and in the Cathedral there is a sacred museum with a very interesting exhibition.