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Monumento ao Trabalhador Madeirense

Monument to the Madeiran Worker

Pedro dos Anjos Teixeira
1979

Funchal / Monumento ao Trabalhador Madeirense

Description

Statue of a man curring rocks.

Inscription(s)

AO TRABALHADOR MADEIRENSE	obra realizada pelo governo regional em 1979.
To the Madeiran Worker	Work undertaken by the regional government in 1979

Signature

AT 1973-79

Annotation

Tribute to the constructor of the poles and the levadas, that humanized the agricultural landscape of Madeira since the mid-fifteenth century.

Inaugurated 16 October 1979.

Sculptor

Pedro Augusto Franco dos Anjos Teixeira (filho) [son] (Paris 1908 - Sintra 1997), Portuguese sculptor, son of Artur Gaspar dos Anjos Teixeira (Wikipedia).

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).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Location (N 32°38'43" - W 16°54'48")

Item Code: ptma043; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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