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Capelas
(Ponta Delgada)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua Nossa Senhora de Apresentação
(Jardim Artur Amorim da Câmara)

Homenagem aos Baleeiros

Tribute to the Whalers

Carlos Amado
1994

Description

Bronze statue of two whalers, with behind them a stone sculpture of a whale.

Inscription(s)

HOMENAGEM AOS BALEEIROS
iniciativa da junta de freguesia das capelas

governo regional dos açores 1994

TRIBUTE TO THE WHALERS
Initiative of the Parish Council of Capelas

Regional government of the Azores 1994

Signature

Capelas - Homenagem aos Baleeiros

Sculptor

Carlos Augusto Lopes Amado dos Santos (Carcavelos 1936 - Ericeira 2010), Portuguese sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°50'14" - W 25°41'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac050; Photograph: 22 June 2016
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