Portugal the man when trying to make selfi destroyed the 126-year-old statue of the Portuguese king, Sebastian of the XVI century I. the Incident occurred at the railway station of Rossio in Lisbon, reports channel “Mir 24”.
The man climbed up on the pedestal for the great shot, but knocked over the statue, and it crashed. The offender tried to escape from the scene but was detained by the police. He will appear before the court.
The statue of the young king with shield and sword stood at the entrance to the station building between the arches in the shape of a horseshoe. According to legend, Sebastian I, who mysteriously disappeared in 1578 in the battle of Alcacer-Kibir in Morocco, will return to Portugal one misty morning.
Statue of Sebastian I was installed in 1890. It is a historical monument which is under protection of the state, the report States.
Rossio train station is located in the centre of Lisbon to the North-West of the historic Baixa district. The object, recognized as an architectural monument, was built in 1886-1890 years on the project josé Luis Monteiro.
