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Funchal
(Fr. de São Martinho)
Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Largo da Paz

Monumento à Paz e à Liberdade

Monument to Peace and Freedom

Manuela Aranha
1988

Description

Bronze sculpture of a man 'flying' in the air, with a bird in his hand, hold by a triangular column ending in a hand.

Inscription(s)

PAZ
E
LIBERTADE

estátua oferecida pela
companhia de seguros
bonança ao abrigo
da lei do mecenato.

Statue offered by
the insurance company
Bonança under
the law of patronage

Annotation

This sculpture, intended for to present Autonomy Square (Praça do Autonomia), was inaugurated on 21 October 1988 at Avenida do Mar. As the arrangement of the square proceeded, public controverse led to the transfer two years later, to the present location, which then was named Peace Square (Largo da Paz). On the Praça do Autonomia the Autonomy statue was placed, originally inteded for the roundabout near to the airport in Santa Cruz.

Sculptor

Manuela Aranha (Funchal 1931), Madeiran sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'34" - W 16°55'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma049; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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