Touro (Portuguese for "bull"; Monument to the Peoples of Póvoa de Varzim; Portuguese: Monumento às Gentes da Póvoa de Varzim) is a bronze sculpture in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. The monument is located in an intersection, a square also known as Touro, at the junction of Vasco da Gama Avenue and Repatriamento dos Poveiros Avenue.
The monument was built in 1995 by the sculptor Rui Anahory, who gained some fame due to this monument. The monument was built by the Rotary Clube of Póvoa de Varzim with the support of City Hall.
Its popular name derives from the full-sized realistic and stylized sculpture of a bull, one of the elements of the monument, which lead some to relate the monument with bullfighting or the nearby bullring, hence the popular name of the monument and the square. The monument actually represents the peoples of Póvoa de Varzim, their unity and their differences: The sail and the fisherman representing the coastal people, the farmer and the bull, representing the inland people.
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Póvoa de Varzim topics
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| Main topics |
- History
- Culture
- Geography
- Architecture
- Economy
- Civil parishes
- City districts
- Localities
- Notable people
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| Libraries & museums |
- Rocha Peixoto Library
- Diana Bar Beach Library
- Ethnography and History Museum
- Santa Casa Museum
- Cividade de Terroso
- Rates Ecomuseum
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| Arts & entertainment |
- Casino da Póvoa
- Teatro Garrett
- Póvoa de Varzim Auditorium
- Póvoa de Varzim Music Hall
- A Filantrópica
- Póvoa de Varzim Bullfighting Arena
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| Other landmarks |
- City Hall
- Castelo da Póvoa Fortress
- Port of Póvoa de Varzim
- Romanesque Church
- Matriz Church
- Senhora das Dores Church
- Coração de Jesus Basilica
- all churches
- Lighthouses (Farol da Lapa & Farol de Regufe)
- Santa Clara Aqueduct
- Coelheiro Aqueduct
- Grande Hotel da Póvoa
- Villas (Calves, Villa Myosótis)
- Alminhas
- Touro
- Sculptures
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| Notable streets & squares |
- Praça do Almada (civic center)
- Junqueira (shopping street)
- Largo David Alves Square
- Praça da República
- Avenida dos Banhos & Passeio Alegre (waterfront)
- Avenida Mousinho de Albuquerque
- Avenida Vasco da Gama
- Avenida 25 de Abril
- Praça Marquês de Pombal
- Praça Velha
- Largo das Dores Square
- Rua Santos Minho
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| Beaches & Parks |
- Póvoa de Varzim beaches
- Enseada da Póvoa
- Redonda
- Salgueira
- Verde
- Beijinhos
- Lagoa
- Fragosa & Forcada Islet
- Esteiro
- Coim
- Quião
- Cape Santo André
- Santo André
- Aguçadoura
- Codicheira
- Rio Alto
- City Park & Lagoa da Pedreira
- São Félix Hill & Cividade Hill
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| Sports |
- Varzim S.C.
- Desportivo da Póvoa
- Clube Naval Povoense
- Varzim Stadium
- Póvoa Municipal Stadium
- Póvoa de Varzim Pavillion
- Marina da Póvoa
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| Ethnography |
- Siglas poveiras
- Poveiro boat
- Ala-Arriba! (film)
- Póvoa Hymn
- Casa dos Poveiros
- Folk costumes (Branqueta & Tricana)
- Póvoa de Varzim Holiday
- Anjo Festival
- Masseira
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| Famous Food |
- Pescada à poveira
- Arroz de marico
- Feijoada poveira
- Francesinha poveira (fast food)
- Rabanada poveira
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