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

Avenida Infante Dom Henrique
(Forte de São Brás)

Monumento aos Marinheiros Portugueses

Monument to the Portuguese Sailors

Portuguese Navy WWI memorial

Diogo de Macedo
1935

Ponta Delgada / Monumento aos Marinheiros Portugueses

Description

The monument against the wall of the Forte de São Brás consists of the coat of arms of Portugal with the text GRANDE GUERRA A.D. 1914-1918, flanked by a Portuguese sailor and a mariner. Below the coat of arms the text AOS MARINHEIROS PORTUGUESES.

Ponta Delgada - Monumento aos Marinheiros Portugueses

Sculptor

Diogo de Macedo (Vila Nova de Gaia 1889 - Lisboa 1959), Portuguese sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank, id=15318
Monumentos de Historia, Monumentos aos Combatentes da Grande Guerra.

Locatie (N 37°44'11" - W 25°40'22") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac021; Photograph: 20 June 2016
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