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Ponta Delgada
(Fr. de São José)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Jardim Sena de Freitas

Padre José Joaquim de Sena Freitas

Ponta Delgada 1840 - Rio de Janeiro 1913
Portuguese a priest, sacred orator and polemicist
(Wikipedia)

Numídico Bessone
1966

Ponta Delgada / Padre José Joaquim de Sena Freitas

Description

Stone statue of Sena Freitas in a priest's robe with a paper in his hand.

Inscription(s)

PADRE JOSE JOAQUIM
DE SENA FREITAS

insigne escritor
polemista e orador
sacro

1840 1913

Father JOSE JOAQUIM
DE SENA FREITAS

distinguished writer
debater and sacral
orator

1840 1913

Sculptor

Numídico Bessone Borges de Medeiros Amorim (Lagoa, São Miguel, Açores, 1913 - Lisboa 1985), Portuguese sculptor and medallist (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°44'21" - W 25°40'18") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac016; Photograph: 20 June 2016
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