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Funchal
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Avenido do Mar e das Comunidades Madeirenses
(Pátio da Assembleia Regional da Madeira)

Trilogia dos Poderes

Trilogy of Powers

Amândio de Sousa
1990

Description

Bronze sculpture of three women, standing close together, holding a cloth with the words: JVRIS ET DE JVRE (Of law and from law) - A phrase employed to denote conclusive presumptions of law, which cannot be rebutted by evidence. Tribute to the three powers, legislative, executive and judicial, the pillars of democratic government.

Inscription(s)

The base is circumscribed:

oferta do banif-banco internacional do funchal. s.a. à assembleia legislativa regional 4 _ 12 _ 90

Signature

a. sousa - 90

Annotation

Inaugurated 4 December 1990.

Sculptor

Amândio Manuel Abreu de Sousa (Funchal 1934), Madeiran sculptor, husband of Luisa Clode.

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).

Locatie (N 32°38'50" - W 16°54'28") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma007; Photograph: 6 January 2014
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