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Glorieta del Brasil

José de Anchieta

José de Anchieta y Díaz de Clavijo, S.J.
La Laguna 1534 - Anchieta 1597
Spanish Jesuit missionary to the Portuguese colony of Brazil
(Wikipedia)

Bruno Giorgi
1960

La Laguna, San Cristóbal de / José de Anchieta

Description

Statue of St. Joseph of Anchieta with a staff and looking behind him.

Inscription(s)

ANCHIETA

Sculptor

Bruno Giorgi (Mococa, São Paulo 1905 - Rio de Janeiro 1993), Brazilian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: San Cristóbal de La Laguna: Bienes Muebles: Escultura.
Maria del Carmen Fraga Gonzalez, Plazas de Tenerife (La Laguna, 1973), p. 59-60 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 28°28'51" - W 16°19'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca683; Photograph: 3 February 2020
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