Statues - Hither & Thither

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Lagoa
(Fr. Rosário)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Largo Nossa Senhora do Rosário

Francisco Carreiro da Costa

Lagoa 1913 - Ponta Delgada 1981
Azorean teacher, scholar and politician who became famous for his work of ethnography and as a cultural leader
(Wikipedia)

Álvaro Raposo de França
1989

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

dr. francisco
carreiro da costa
homenagem da camara
municipal de lagoa
06-03-1989

Signature

RdeFRANÇA 86

Sculptor

Álvaro Raposo de França (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, 1940), Azorean sculptor (Wikipedia – Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 37°44'43" - W 25°34'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac025; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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