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Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar

Monument for the Overseas Combatants

Teresa Paulino & Pedro Félix
2009

Faro / Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar

Description

Marble statue of three soldiers, standing in a triangle holding hands.

Faro - Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar
Infantaria / Infantry
Navy / Marinha
Força Aérea / Air Force

On the sides of the triangulare base are three reliefs:

Faro - Monumento aos Combatentes do Ultramar
Map showing the former Portuguese colonies Guiné, Angola and Moçambique
Coat of arms of Faro
Badge of the Liga dos Combatentes

At the foot lists of the fallen in the colonial wars in Africa (1961-1974):

mortos nas campanhas do ultramar 1961-1974 angola - ex&#ercito, list of names, and the text núcleo de faro da liga dos combatentes, fundado em 16 de outubro de 1923.
Lists of names angola - força aérea and moçambique - exército.
List guiné - exército, the text inaugurado a 7 setembre de 2009 and the names of the sculptors.

Signature

autores teresa paulino & pedro felix

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)

Sculptors

Pedro Félix, Portuguese sculptor.
Teresa Paulino (Lisboa 1970), Portuguese sculptor (Website)

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).
Dos Veteranos da Guerra do Ultramar, Monumentos aos Combatentes e Campas - Faro.

Locatie (N 37°0'41" - W 7°55'52") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptag034; Photograph: 8 September 2017
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