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Ponta Delgada
(Fr. de São Pedro)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua de São Gonçalo

Homenagem ao Bombeiro

Monument for the Firefighters

Álvaro Raposo de França
2000

Description

Bronze statue of a firefighter with a hose on a ladder.

Inscription(s)

HOMENAGEM
AO
BOMBEIRO
agosto 2000

Signature

raposo de frança | 96

Ponta Delgada - Homenagem ao Bombeiro

Sculptor

Álvaro Raposo de França (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, 1940), Azorean sculptor (Wikipedia – Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 37°45'5" - W 25°39'19")

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Item Code: ptac100; Photograph: 24 June 2016
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