The Gallaecian warrior statues are a series of sculptures produced in northwest Iberia (today
Galicia and northern
Portugal
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) in the immediate pre-Roman period. Usually associated with the
Gallaecian tribal complex they are also sometimes described as statues of Lusitanian, Luso-Gallaecian or
Castrejo Culture origin.
Showing armed men slightly larger than natural size,
the statues are believed to represent deified local heroes and to date principally from between the 2nd Century BCE to the 1st Century CE.
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Statues in Spain
Sculptures of men in Spain
Sculpture series