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Vila Franco do Campo
(Fr. de São Miguel)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Largo do Infante

Infante Dom Henrique

Prince Henry the Navigator

Porto 1394 - Sagres 1460
infante (prince) of the Kingdom of Portugal, responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations
(Wikipedia)

José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho)
1932

Vila Franco do Campo / Infante Dom Henrique

Description

Marble statue of Dom Henrique, sitting on a rock and looking towards the ocean.

Inscription(s)

AO
INFANTE
DE
SAGRES
1432-1932

Signature

Simões (sobº) | 1931

Vila Franco do Campo - Infante Dom Henrique

Sculptor

José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho) [nephew] (Figueiró dos Vinhos 1880 - Lisboa 1950), Portuguese sculptor (for his eponymous uncle, see 'tio') (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°42'52" - W 25°26'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac089; Photograph: 24 June 2016
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