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Memorial de Grande Guerra

World War I Memorial

José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho)
1924

Description

Marble sculpture of a mourning woman.

Inscription(s)

aos
mortos
da
grande
guerra
mcmxiv·mcmxviii

por subscripção
publica
acção iniciativa
da
camara municipal
de
cascaes
em
MCMXXI

FLANDRES
ANGOLA
MOÇAMBIQUE
NO MAR

To the
death
of the
Great
War
1914-1918

By public
subscription
action and initiative
of the
municipal chamber
of
Cascais
in
1921

FLANDERS
ANGOLA
MOZAMBIQUE
AT SEA

Signature

Simões (sob°) 1924

Sculptor

José Simões de Almeida (sobrinho) [nephew] (Figueiró dos Vinhos 1880 - Lisboa 1950), Portuguese sculptor (for his eponymous uncle, see 'tio') (Wikipedia).

Locatie (N 38°41'58" - W 9°25'15") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptli102; Photograph: 31 August 2017
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aos mortos da grande guerra mcmxiv·mcmxviii	por subscripção publica acção iniciativa da camara municipal de cascaes em MCMXXI	FLANDRES ANGOLA MOÇAMBIQUE NO MAR
To the death of the Great War 1914-1918	By public subscription action and initiative of the municipal chamber of Cascais in 1921	FLANDERS ANGOLA MOZAMBIQUE AT SEA