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João de Melo Abreu

Porto 1844 - Ponta Delgada 1911
Businessman, founded in 1892 the first and only beer brewery of São Miguel, the Fábrica Cervejas e Refrigerantes João Melo Abreu

artist unknown
c. 1911

Description

Stone bust on a tombstone.

Inscription(s)

joão de mello abreu
fallecido a
9 de fevereiro de 1911
immensa saudade
de sua viuva
filha e netos

João de Melo Abreu
deceased on
9th of February, 1911
immense missed
by his widow,
daughter and grandchildren

On the tombstone the name is spelled 'Mello'

Artist

Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.

Sources & Information

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

Location (N 37°44'45" - W 25°40'26") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac037; Photograph: 22 June 2016
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