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Lagoa
(Fr. de Santa Cruz)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua Gen. Bernaldo do Canto
(Jardim da Câmara Municipal da Lagoa)

Infante Dom Henrique

Prince Henry the Navigator

Porto 1394 - Sagres 1460
infante (prince) of the Kingdom of Portugal, responsible for the beginning of the European worldwide explorations
(Wikipedia)

Xavier Costa
1960

Description

Stone monumunt with the Portuguese armillary sphere with cross at the top and reliefs and text on the four sides:

Lagoa - Infante Dom Henrique
Prince Henry the Navigator
Farmer with sheaf of corn
Fisher with net and fish

Inscription(s)

AO
INFANTE D. HENRIQUE
no v centenario
da sua morte
1460-1960

Lagoa - Infante Dom Henrique

Artist

Francisco Xavier de Viveiros Costa (1914 - ??), Azorean sculptor.

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 37°44'40" - W 25°34'11") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac026; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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