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Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Avenida Dom Manuel I

Generalisimo Sebastian Francisco de Miranda

Sebastián Francisco de Miranda y Rodríguez
Caracas 1750 - San Fernando, Cádiz 1816
Venezuelan revolutionary; regarded as a forerunner of Simón Bolívar.
(Wikipedia)

Julio César Briceño Andrade
Estudio de Arte Las Barrancas (Guatire - Venezuela)
2011

Calheta / Generalisimo Sebastian Francisco de Miranda

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

dos filhos do concelho
da calheta em terras
da venezuela

no bicentenario
da independência em honra
do seu precursos
"generalisimo, sebastian
francisco de miranda"
"o venezuelano
mais universal"

calheta 5 de julho 2011

The Sons of the municipality
of Calheta in the lands
of Venezuela

at the bicentenary
of the Independence in honor
of its precursor
"Generalisimo, Sebastian
Francisco de Miranda"
"The most universal
Venezuelan"

Calheta 5 July 2011

Annotation

Inaugurated on 5 July 2011 by Lucas Rincón Romero, the Venezolan ambassador in Portugal.

Sculptor

Julio César Briceño Andrade (Caracas 1950), Venezuelan sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
DNoticias.pt, 16 July 2011, Busto de Francisco de Miranda na Calheta.

Locatie (N 32°43'15" - W 17°10'39") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma108; Photograph: 11 January 2014
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