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Minas Gerais

Parque Municipal Américo René Giannetti

Monumento de Mãe Mineira

Monument to the Mothers of Minas Gerais

Lelio Coluccini
1958

Belo Horizonte / Monumento de Mãe Mineira

Description

Bronze sculpture of a woman with a child on her lap.

Inscription(s)

as mãos que
embalam
e berco são
as
mãos que
governam
o mundo

em louvor
as mães
o povo
de
belo horizonte

erguido
na
administração
do prefeito
celso mello
de azevedo
12 xii 58
ao 60° da cidade

The hands that
cradle
and cringe are
the
hands that
rule
the world
In praise
of the mothers
The people
of
Belo Horizonte
Erected
during
the office
of mayor
Celso Mello
de Azevedo
12 December 1958
To the 60th anniversary of the city

Signature

l colvccini 957

Sculptor

Lelio Coluccini (Pietrasanta 1910 - Campinas, São Paulo 1983) Brazilian sculptor of Italian origin (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Caio, Claudia, Fernanda, Gabriela, Iara, Igor, Maiara, Marinna e Thiago (Blogspot), Monumentos da Região Central de Belo Horizonte .

Locatie (S 19°55'23" - W 43°55'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg071; Photograph: 13 July 2017
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as mãos que embalam e berco são as mãos que governam o mundo	em louvor as mães o povo de belo horizonte	erguido na administração do prefeito celso mello de azevedo 12 xii 58 ao 60° da cidade
The hands that cradle and cringe are the hands that rule the world	In praise of the mothers The people of Belo Horizonte	Erected during the office of mayor Celso Mello de Azevedo 12 December 1958 To the 60th anniversary of the city