Spirit of Sacrifice (The Alamo Cenotaph)

Created 4 years 237 days ago
by Lauren Faske (Arts)

Pompeo Coppini
Downtown
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"Spirit of Sacrifice" (Alamo Cenotaph) by San Antonio artist Pompeo Coppini is a memorial to the fallen Alamo heroes. It is a large rectangular shaft with a wedge at lower portion of the piece.  It includes a large figure with two smaller figures huddled below to represent the spirit of the heroes rising from the dead.

• Moses Austin
• San Antonio de Padua
• José Navarro
• Sam Houston
• Dr. Ferdinand Herff