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Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais

Avenida João Pinheiro / Avenida Augusto de Lima

José Rodrigues Sette Câmara

1885-1957
Brazilian crimimalist; head of the Juridical department of the town of Belo Horizonte (1925-1951)
(Wikipedia)

Leonardo de Lima
1959

Belo Horizonte / José Rodrigues Sette Câmara

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

Plaque disappeared

Signature

Leonardo Lima

Belo Horizonte - Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Artist

Leonardo de Lima, Brazilian sculptor.

Sources & Information

Rafael Campos, 'Este é o famoso quem?' Revista Encontro 166 (23 March 2015) (ISSUU).
Jusbrasil, Lei 812/59 | Lei nº 812 de 9 de dezembro de 1959.
Em.com.br, Bustos de personagens da história de BH e Minas ficam sem identificação (identifies the bust of Joaquim Mendes de Oliveira on this square as that of Sette Câmara's eponymous son José Rodrigues Sette Câmara Filho, 1920-2002, cf. brmg046).

Location (S 19°55'30" - W 43°56'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg011; Photograph: 7 July 2017
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