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| navigate by keyword : abbreviation allegorical ancestors and art comercio dedicavit depending detail documento everything expensen for gate genius glory greater holding how inscription latin laurels like lisbon maiorum may mean monument omnibus ones our over paid pecuinia placa portugal portuguese posuit praca public reads sculpture sit square standard statue stone taught triumph triumphal valor virtues virtutibus |
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| Allegorical statue of Glory holding laurels over Valor and Genius detail of the gate at Praca do Comercio square, Lisbon, Portugal. The inscription reads: VIRTUTIBUS MAIORUM UT SIT OMNIBUS DOCUMENTO. P.P.D.` Depending on how you like your Latin, it may mean `To the virtues of the greater ones i.e. our ancestors who taught us everything.` P.P.D. is a standard abbreviation for Pecuinia Posuit Dedicavit, or `paid for at public expense.` |
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