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Praça Gonçalo Velho Cabral

Gonçalo Velho Cabral

(c. 1400 - c. 1460)
Portuguese monk and Commander in the Order of Christ, explorer; credited with the re-discovery of the islands of Santa Maria and São Miguel in the Azores
(Wikipedia)

João Fragoso
1953

Description

Stone statue of Cabral, with on the base a bronze coat of arms of Portugal.

Inscription(s)

GONÇALO VELHO CABRAL

Signature

fragoso

Ponta Delgada - Gonçalo Velho Cabral

Sculptor

João Fragoso (Caldas da Rainha 1913 - Lisboa 2000), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia);
Literature: Carolina Maria Oliveira, O mar na obra escultórica de João Fragoso (Dissertação, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014 (PDF on-line).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).
Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitetónico (SIPA), Estátua de Gonçalo Velho Cabral.
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.

Locatie (N 37°44'21" - W 25°40'5") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac004; Photograph: 20 June 2016
Of each statue we made photos from various angles and also detail photos of the various texts.
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