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(Fr. de Campo de Ourique) Lisboa (distrito) Lisboa (região) Alameda Pedro Álvares Cabral |
Monumento aos 400 anos do Descobrimento do BrasilMonument for the 4th Centennial of the Discovery of BrazilSculpture group showing Pedro Álvares Cabral, the discoverer of Brazil, 1500, Frei Henrique de Coimbra, chaplain and celebrant of the first mass in Brazil, and Pêro Vaz de Caminha, chronicler of the fleet.(Wikipedia) |
Rodolfo Bernardelli
1940 |
Bronze statue showing three persons. At the front Pedro Álvares Cabral, half kneeling and holding a large Portuguese flag. Behind him is Pero Vaz de Caminha raising his right hand and holding a scroll in his left, and frei Henrique de Coimbra with a crucifix.
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The statue is a copy of the 1900 statue in Rio de Janeiro, and was a gift of the Brazil to Portugal in 1940.
1500 |
a portugal, |
1900 |
goza de tanto bem, terra bemoita, durão |
qual a palmeira que domina ufana josé bonifacio |
a terra
em tal maneira é graciosa, pero vaz de caminha |
1500 |
to Portugal, |
1900 |
enjoys so much good, blessed land, Durão |
What is the palm that dominates Ufana? José Bonifacio |
The earth
in such a way is graceful, Pero Vaz de Caminha |
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