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Praça Carlos Chagas
(Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais)

Joaquim José da Silva Xavier "O Tiradentes"

Fazenda do Pombal 1746 - Rio de Janeiro 1792
leading member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement Inconfidência Mineira whose aim was full independence from Portugal. Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged
(Wikipedia)

Leo Santana
2014

Belo Horizonte / Joaquim José da Silva Xavier "O Tiradentes"

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

JOAQUIM JOSÉ DA SILVA XAVIER
"O TIRADENTES"
* 1746 - † 1792

homenagem da assembleia legislativa
do estado de minas gerais

Signature

leo santana

Sculptor

Leo Santana (Teófilo Otoni, MG, c. 1957), Brazilian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

UAI, Por trás das esculturas espalhadas por BH, há casos de censura e perseguição.

Locatie (S 19°55'54" - W 43°57'0") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg022; Photograph: 7 July 2017
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