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Praça José Mendes Júnior
(Comando da Policia Militar)

Alferes Tiradentes

Ensign Tiradentes

Joaquim José da Silva Xavier "O Tiradentes"
Fazenda do Pombal 1746 - Rio de Janeiro 1792
leading member of the Brazilian revolutionary movement Inconfidência Mineira whose aim was full independence from Portugal. Tiradentes was arrested, tried and publicly hanged
(Wikipedia)

José Synfronini
1993

Description

Statue of Tiradentes, without a beard and long hair as he is depicted in most statues. On the front of the base: alferes tiradentes.

Signature

synfronini bh-92

Artist

José Synfronini de Freitas Castro, Brazilian sculptor from Belo Horizonte (Website).

Sources & Information

UAI, Por trás das esculturas espalhadas por BH, há casos de censura e perseguição.
Eduardo Henrique de Paula Cruvinel, Monumentos, memória e cidade: estudo de casa em Belo Horizonte (Belo Horizonte: Escola de Arquitectura da UFMG, 2012 - (PDF on-line), p. 79.

Location (S 19°56'1" - W 43°56'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg029; Photograph: 7 July 2017
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