The monument consists of a bronze sculpture of the Lusitanian chieftain-shepherd put on an unpolished stone pedestal that features a battering ram.

[1] The leading statue of the sculptural ensemble represents a standing and almost naked full-body figure of Viriathus, with his right arm extended in attitude of rallying his troops, while the left forearm holds a tunic and the left hand grabs a sheathed sword below the level of an abnormally long handle (creating a phallic perception from certain angles).

The statue and the quadrangular base stand on a granite pedestal taken from Torrefrades [es], one of the pretenders claimed to be the Viriatho's birthplace.

[6] Failing to undergo a proper ceremony of inauguration, the monument was casually unveiled by transients on 12 January 1904.

[7] The monument, with Viriathus' posture identified as performing a Roman (fascist) salute, was embraced by the Falange as an icon during the Francoist dictatorship.