Iagoba Ferreira
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 Posted: Wed 29 Feb, 2012 7:21 am Post subject: The Arcila/Pastrana tapestries in the USA! |
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They will tour some museums, but only in Dallas you will be able to see the cuirass of Duarte de Almeida, the Portuguese standard bearer in the battle of Toro (1476).
They consist in four tapestries, measuring about 4x11 meters depicting the Portuguese conquest of Arcila and Tanger.
More info:
http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/about_Pastrana.htm
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