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Arrifes
(Ponta Delgada)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua do Outeiro nº 73-J
(Regimento de Guarnição Nº 2)

Nuno Álvares Pereira

São Nuno de Santa Maria / Saint Nuno of Saint Mary
Paço do Bonjardim or Flor da Rosa 1360 - Lisboa 1431
Portuguese general of great success who had a decisive role in the 1383-1385 Crisis that assured Portugal's independence from Castile
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
date?

Description

Polychrome statue (some kind of stone) of Pereira with a sword and a shield.

Inscription(s)

ao
condestavel
d. nun' alvares
pereira
patrono
da
infantaria
1360 1431

To
Constable
D. Nun' Alvares
Pereira
patron
of the
infantry
1360 1431

Annotation

The Regimento de Guarnicão Nº 2 is formed in 1993 by a fusion of the Regimento de Infantaria de Ponta Delgada (Infantry Regiment of Ponta Delgada) and the Grupo de Artilharia de Guarnição Nº 1 (Artillery Group of Guarnição Nr. 1).
Both groups had their own patron, and statues of these patrons are at the entrance of the baracks.

Sculptor

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 37°46'32" - W 25°42'28")

Item Code: ptac179; Photograph: 3 July 2016
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