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

Rua Dr. Armando Cortes Rodrigues

Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues

Vila Franco del Campo 1891 - Ponta Delgada 1971
Portuguese-Azorean writer, poet, playwright, and ethnologist
(Wikipedia)

José Maria de França Machado
1996

Ponta Delgada / Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues

Description

Bronze head on a concrete column with the dates "1891-1971". A text plaque is on a second column.

Inscription(s)

não há orgulho humano que resista
à pequenez de um grão de areia.

armando cortes-rodrigues
"voz do longe", ii vol.

Signature

J.França Machado 96

Ponta Delgada - Armando Côrtes-Rodrigues

Sculptor

José Maria de França Machado (Ponta Delgada 1941), Azorean sculptor.

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°44'45" - W 25°39'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac166; Photograph: 2 July 2016
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