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Ponta Delgada
(Fr. de São Pedro)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Largo de Camões

Luís de Camões

Luís Vaz de Camões
c. 1524-25 - Lisboa 1580
Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet
(Wikipedia)

Álvaro Raposo de França
1982

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

LUIS DE CAMÕES

camara municipal
de
ponta delgada
10-vi-1982

Signature

RdeFRANÇA 81

Ponta Delgada - Luís de Camões

Sculptor

Álvaro Raposo de França (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, 1940), Azorean sculptor (Wikipedia – Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°44'27" - W 25°39'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac005; Photograph: 20 June 2016
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