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Angra do Heroísmo
(Fr. de Nossa Senhora da Conceição)
Terceira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Avenida Álvaro Martins Homem / Avenida Infante D. Henrique

Álvaro Martins Homem

? - Praia c. 1482
Portuguese explorer, alleged to have explored the western Atlantic and later the African coast; Founder of Angra do Heroísmo
(Wikipedia)

João Fragoso
1960s

Angra do Heroísmo / Álvaro Martins Homem

Description

Stone statue.

Inscription(s)

ALVARO MARTINS HOMEM

Angra do Heroísmo - Álvaro Martins Homem

Sculptor

João Fragoso (Caldas da Rainha 1913 - Lisboa 2000), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia);
Literature: Carolina Maria Oliveira, O mar na obra escultórica de João Fragoso (Dissertação, Universidade de Lisboa, 2014 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 38°39'23" - W 27°12'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac131; Photograph: 28 June 2016
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