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Blessed Gonzalo of Lagos

Lagos c. 1360 - Lisboa 1422
Augustinian theologian and preacher
(Wikipedia)

Tolentino Abegoaria (de Lagos)
2001

Description

Bronze statue of Blessed Gonzalo in Augustinian robe with a crucifix in his outstretched right hand and a book in his other hand. The statue stands on a triangular shaped granite base, with a strip of fish, standing in a water basin.

Lagos - São Gonçalo de Lagos

Inscription(s)

S. GONÇALO
DE
LAGOS

1360-1422

Lagos - São Gonçalo de Lagos

Sculptor

Tolentino Abegoaria, known as Tolentino de Lagos (Lagos 1959), Portuguese designer, sculptor and painter (Biography).

Sources & Information

Igogo, Monumentos em Lagos
Camara Municipal Lagos, Artístico / Arte Pública.
Freguesia de São Gonçalo de Lagos, Monumentos.
Roberto Carlos Soares Miquelino, Do Monumento à Escultura Pública em Portugal no século XX (Breves considerações e estudo do caso regional lacobrigense). Universidade de Lisboa (PDF on-line).
Maria Isabel Serra Granado Cordeiro Laranjo, Escultura pública no Algave séculos XX e XXI (1900-2009). Universidade de Lisboa, 2010 (PDF on-line).

Locatie (N 37°5'53" - W 8°40'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptag005; Photograph: 6 September 2017
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