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Jardim José do Canto €

José do Canto

Ponta Delgada 1820 - Ponta Delgada 1898
Azorean landowner and intellectual who distinguished himself as a bibliographer and promoter new agricultural technologies and species into the Azores
(Wikipedia)

Xavier Costa
1950

Description

Bronze statue of José do Canto in a long coat and with a book in his hand. It stands on a large pedestal with on the front Do Canto's coat of arms with the motto studium unicum doloris lenamentum

Inscription(s)

JOSÉ DO CANTO

(coat of arms)

nasceu
em
ponta delgada
a
20 de dezembro
de
1820

ao
intelectual
profundo e
vigoroso homem de
acção cuja vida
admiravel afirmou o
culto regionalista
como único via secura
para o engrandecimento
da terra
8 de abril
1950

morreu
em
ponta delgada
a
10 de julho
de
1898

JOSÉ DO CANTO

(coat of arms)

Born
in
Ponta Delgada
on the
20th of December
of
1820

(translation needed)
8 April
1950
Died
in
Ponta Delgada
on the
10th of July
of
1898

Ponta Delgada - José do Canto

Sculptor

Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 - ??), Azorean sculptor.

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°44'51" - W 25°40'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac011; Photograph: 20 June 2016
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