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Ribeira Grande
(Fr. de Matriz)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Largo Gaspar Frutuoso

Gaspar Frutuoso

Ponta Delgada c. 1522 - Ribeira Grande 1591
Azorean priest, historian and humanist; author of Saudades de Terra, a detailed description of the history and geography of the Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands
(Wikipedia)

Numídico Bessone
Fundição Sá Lemos (Vila Nova de Gaia)
date?

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

GASPAR FRUCTUOSO
1522-1591
vigário general da matriz
ribeira grande
autor das
saudades da terra

GASPAR FRUCTUOSO
1522-1591
Vicar Genral of the mother church of
Ribeira Grande
Author of
Saudades da Terra

Signature

F. sá lémos devesas v.n.g.

Sculptor

Numídico Bessone Borges de Medeiros Amorim (Lagoa, São Miguel, Açores, 1913 - Lisboa 1985), Portuguese sculptor and medallist (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°49'23" - W 25°31'10") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac068; Photograph: 23 June 2016
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