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Infante Dom Henrique

Prince Henry the Navigator

Porto 1394 - Sagres 1460
infante (prince) of the Kingdom of Portugal, responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations
(Wikipedia)

Augusto Cid
Fundição Cosme & Filhos (Canelas)
2009

Description

Bronze statue of Prince Henry the Navigator with a map of the south-west African coast in his left hand and and pointing to the sea with his right arm.

Inscription(s)

INFAN[T]E D. [H]ENRIQUE
1394-146[0]

Signature

escultor: augusto cid
formador: Carlos Oliveira
Fundição Cosme & filhos

Information Sign

este monumento
foi inaugurado a
10 de junho de 2009

This monument
is inaugurated on
10 June 2009

Sculptor

Augusto José Sobral Cid (Faial - Horta, Açores 1941), Portuguese sculptor (Blogspot).

Sources & Information

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°0'27" - W 8°56'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptag011; Photograph: 7 September 2017
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