The Monument to the Heroes of Puente Sampayo is a memorial and sculptural group created by the Spanish sculptor Julio González Pola,[1] in Pontevedra, Spain.
[3] On 9 February 1909, the Pontevedra City Council agreed to grant a subsidy of 500 pesetas and, later, authorised the contribution of the granite stone that supports the figures.
[4] The government of King Alfonso XIII, which donated the bronze needed for the sculpture, also awarded a medal to commemorate the Battle of Puente Sampayo.
It consists of several bronze figures on a granite pedestal representing a group of farmers, soldiers and students led by officer Pablo Morillo, holding a flag in the final moments of the battle.
S. D. EDUARDO VICENTI Y REGUERA Y SIENDO ALCALDE DE PONTEVEDRA D. JAVIER PUIG LLAMAS Y GOBERNADOR DE LA PROVINCIA D. JOSÉ BOENTE SEQUEIROSIt is considered by the art history professor Francisco Portela Sandoval to be one of the most successful monuments of the time due to its composition and faithful reproduction of the event it aims to immortalise.