Statues - Hither & Thither

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Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais

Praça Rui Barbosa

As quatro estações

The Four Seasons

George Marques
1924

Description

Four marble statues representing the four seasons, Winter and Autumn are on the north-west part of the square (the right photo above), Summer and Spring in the south-east part (left photo).
The statues are replicas.

Belo Horizonte - As quatro estações
Inverno / Winter

Outono / Autumn
Verão / Summer

Primavera / Spring

Sculptor

George Marques, Brazilian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Caio, Claudia, Fernanda, Gabriela, Iara, Igor, Maiara, Marinna e Thiago (Blogspot), Monumentos da Região Central de Belo Horizonte .
Eduardo Henrique de Paula Cruvinel, Monumentos, memória e cidade: estudo de casa em Belo Horizonte (Belo Horizonte: Escola de Arquitectura da UFMG, 2012 - (PDF on-line), p. 67-68.

Locatie (S 19°54'59" - W 43°56'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg093; Photograph: 17 July 2017
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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