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Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco

Paracatu, Minas Gerais 1868 - Barcelona, Spain, 1916
Lawyer, journalist and writer; one of the founders of the Faculty of Law.

Celso Antônio Silveira de Menezes
1927?

Belo Horizonte / Afonso Arinos de Melo Franco

Description

Stone stele with a relief portrait at the front and reliefs of palm trees at the sides.

Inscription(s)

A AFFONSO ARINOS
o estado de minas geraes

Signature

Celso antonio

Sculptor

Celso Antônio Silveira de Menezes (Caxias, Maranhão 1896 - 1984), Brazilian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Caio, Claudia, Fernanda, Gabriela, Iara, Igor, Maiara, Marinna e Thiago (Blogspot), Monumentos da Região Central de Belo Horizonte .
Jusbrasil, Lei 321/27 | Lei nº 321 de 26 de outubro de 1927.
Jusbrasil, Lei 321/15 | Lei nº 321 de 24 de abril de 2015.

Locatie (S 19°55'30" - W 43°56'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg012; Photograph: 7 July 2017
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