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Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais

Avenida Professor Alfredo Balena 523
(Grupo Escolar Pedro II)

Indústria e ciência

Industry and Science

artist unknown
1926

Description

Two stone sitting allegorical figures flanking the entrance of the Pedro II School, built in 1926.

Belo Horizonte - Indústria e ciência
Indústria / Industry
with torch and cogwheel

Ciência / Science
with books, a writing feather and a globe

Inscription(s)

A escola actual é
a escola da vida,
Os professores e os
paes devem conjugar
o pensamento de tal
maneira que a creança,
em casa, encontre um
mestre e, na escola,
tenha um pae
Mello Vianna

GRUPO ESCOLAR PEDRO II
mandado construir
pelo presidente
fernando mello vianna
sendo secretario
do interior
sandoval de azevedo
e inaugurado em
agosto de 1926

The current school is
the school of life, Teachers and
parents must conjugate
the thought of such
way that growth,
At home find a
master and, at school,
have a father

PEDRO II SCHOOL GROUP
Ordered to build
by the president
Fernando Mello Vianna
being secretary
of the interior
Sandoval de Azevedo
And opened in
August 1926

Sculptor

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

Locatie (S 19°55'33" - W 43°55'47") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg055; Photograph: 11 July 2017
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A escola actual é a escola da vida, Os professores e os paes devem conjugar o pensamento de tal maneira que a creança, em casa, encontre um mestre e, na escola, tenha um pae Mello Vianna	GRUPO ESCOLAR PEDRO II mandado construir pelo presidente fernando mello vianna sendo secretario do interior sandoval de azevedo e inaugurado em agosto de 1926
The current school is the school of life, Teachers and parents must conjugate the thought of such way that growth, At home find a master and, at school, have a father	PEDRO II SCHOOL GROUP Ordered to build by the president Fernando Mello Vianna being secretary of the interior Sandoval de Azevedo And opened in August 1926