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Vila de Frades
(Concelho de Vidigueira)
Beja (distrito)
Alentejo

N258, 26
(Escolas Fialho de Almeida)

José Valentim Fialho de Almeida

Vila de Frades 1857 - Cuba, Alentejo 1911
Portuguese journalist, writer and Portuguese post-romantic translator
(Wikipedia)

artist unknown
H. Santos (Vila Nova da Gaia)
1932

Vila de Frades / José Valentim Fialho de Almeida

Description

Bronze bust on a large stone pedestal with the name FIALHO DE ALMEIDA and the dates 1857-1911 and 7·5·1932.

The statue stands in the frontgarden of a school, on the building itself is a plaque with portrait commemorating the 100th anniversary of Fialho's death.

Vila de Frades - José Valentim Fialho de Almeida

Signature

Fundição H. Santos V.N.-Gaia

Sculptor

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

Locatie (N 38°12'44" - W 7°49'16") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat080; Photograph: 5 September 2017
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