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Gerald the Fearless

In 1165, Giraldo sem Pavor (Gerald the Fearless) led the attack on Évora's Moorish rulers and returned the city to Portuguese Christian rule. Images and statues of him are everywhere around town -- always on a horse, chopping off the heads of Moors with his sword.

 

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