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Monumento a Fialho de Almeida

Monument for Fialho de Almeida

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

Carlos Marques
1992-93

Description

Stone wall with a transversal brass plate, on the edge of plates is a portrait of Fialho de Almeida and a cat. On the sides is a text by Fialho: "miando pouco, arranhando sempre e não temendo nunca", and on the other side two reliefs of cat's heads.

Cuba - Monumento a Fialho de Almeida

Sculptor

Carlos Alberto Coelho Marques (Coimbra 1948), Portuguese sculptor (Biography).

Locatie (N 38°9'53" - W 7°53'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptat083; Photograph: 5 September 2017
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