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Monumento aos Combatentes da Guerra do Ultramar

Monument to the Combatants of Overseas Wars

José Carlos Almeida
2005

Ponta Delgada / Monumento aos Combatentes da Guerra do Ultramar

Description

Statue of a soldier made of basalt blocks and marble.

Inscription(s)

Monumento aos Combatentes
da
Guerra do Ultramar

Inaugurado em 23 de Abril de 2005.
sendo Presidente do Governo Regional dos Açores
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César.
e Secretário Regional da Habitação e Equipamentos
José António Vieira da Silva Contente.

Monument to the Combatants
of
Overseas Wars

Inaugurated on 23 April 2005.
During the Presidency of the Regional Government of the Azores of
Carlos Manuel Martins do Vale César.
and the Regional Secretary for Housing and Infrastructure
José António Vieira da Silva Contente.

Ponta Delgada - Monumento aos Combatentes da Guerra do Ultramar

Memorial - list of names

We have photos of the list(s) of the names on this memorial. Contact us if you want to see these lists. (contact form)

Sculptor

José Carlos de Sousa Almeida (Ilha de São Miguel 1959), Azorean sculptor and painter (Facebook).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).
Dos Veteranos da Guerra do Ultramar, Monumentos, Ponta Delgada).

Locatie (N 37°45'6" - W 25°40'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac170; Photograph: 3 July 2016
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