Statues - Hither & Thither

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Furnas
(Povoação)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Camino do Alem
(Cemitério das Furnas)

Padre José Jacinto Botelho

Father José Jacinto Botelho

Ponta Garça 1876 - Furnas 1946
parish priest and poet (pseudonym António Moreno)

artist unknown
1958

Description

Bronze bust on a tombstone.

Inscription(s)

ao padre
JOSÉ JACINTO BOTELHO
ao pároco dedicadíssimo
cuja grande alma comoventa
de poeta
amou profundamente as furnas.

homenagem de saudade de seu povo

furnas 26-7-1958

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°46'2" - W 25°18'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac034; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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