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Memorial dos Viscondes da Praia

Viscondes da Praia Memorial

1896

Furnas / Memorial dos Viscondes da Praia

Description

Obelisk, surrounded by four griffins carrying coats of arms.
The monument is erected by António Borges de Medeiros Dias da Câmara e Sousa, 1.º Marquês da Praia e Monforte (Ponta Delgada 1829 - Lisboa 1913) for his parents Duarte Borges da Câmara de Medeiros, 1.º Visconde da Praia (Ponta Delgada 1799 - Ponta Delgada 1872) and Ana Teodora de Medeiros de Sousa Dias da Câmara ou Borges do Canto de Medeiros (1800-1883), who owned Parque Terra Nostra since 1848 and developed the garden.

Furnas - Memorial dos Viscondes da Praia

coats of arms of

Furnas - Memorial dos Viscondes da Praia
Borges
Medeiros
Dias
Câmara

Inscription(s)

memoria
a
visconde e viscondessa
DA PRAIA
1896

erigido por seu filho
o
MARQUEZ
DA PRAIA E DE MONFORTE
1896

Location (N 37°46'14" - W 25°18'39")

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Item Code: ptac032; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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