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Rainha D. Catarina de Bragança

Queen Catherine of Braganza

Vila Viçosa 1638 - Lisboa 1705
Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland from 1662 to 1685, by marriage to King Charles II
(Wikipedia)

Audrey Flack
1998

Description

Bronze statue.

Inscription(s)

Rainha D. Catarina de Bragança
(1638-1705)
Princesa de Portugal, Rainha de Inglaterra

Réplica da estátua por Audrey Flack, com dez metros de altura, constuida nos Estados
Unidos de América pela Associação Friends of Queen Catherine, para celebrar o facto do
Borough de Queens na cidade de Nova Iorque dever o nome à Rainha D. Catarina.

Em reconhecimento pelo apoio recebido da Parque Expo '98 S.A. para o projecto de
monumento no outro lado do Atlântico, no mês de Maio de 1998, os membros do Board of
Trustees da Friends of Queen Catharine, oferecem em nome da Associação esta estátua a
Lisboa, cidade de onde D. Catarina partiu em 1662 para casar com D. Carlos II Rei de
Inglaterra.

Queen Catherine of Braganza
(1638-1705)
Princess of Portugal, Queen of England

Replica of the statue by Audrey Flack, ten meters high, constructed in the United
States of America by the Friends of Queen Catherine Association, to celebrate the fact that
the Borough of Queens in the city of New York owes its name to Queen Catherine.

In recognition of the support received from Parque Expo '98 S.A. for the project
on the other side of the Atlantic in May 1998, the members of the Board of
Trustees of the Friends of Queen Catharine, offer on behalf of the Association this statue to
Lisbon, the city from where Catherine left in 1662 to marry Charles II King of
England.

Information Sign

Audrey Flack
Nova Iorque, 1931

Rainha D. Catarina de Bragança
1998

Bronze

Lisboa - Rainha D. Catarina de Bragança

Sculptor

Audrey Flack (New York 1931), American artist (Wikipedia

Locatie (N 38°46'53" - W 9°5'27") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptli107; Photograph: 1 September 2017
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