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Funchal
(Fr. de Santa Maria Maior)
Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Largo Jaime Moniz

Jaime Constantino de Freitas Moniz

Funchal 1827 - Lisboa 1917
Portuguese politician and scholar who excelled in the field of education
(Wikipedia)

Pedro dos Anjos Teixeira
1962

Funchal / Jaime Constantino de Freitas Moniz

Description

White marble statue.

Inscription(s)

conselheiro
JAIME MONIZ
n. 1837 (nadeira)
n. 1917 (lisboa)
homenagem do
municipio do funchal
1961

ministro
da
marinha e ultramar

autor
da reforma
de ensino secundário
de
1894-96

professor
do
curso superior de letras

On a tablet at the foot of the monument:

colaboradores:
Ana Manuela
Alice Maria
José M. Pimenta
alunos da A.B.A.
–
canteiros:
pedro & pires
Sintra.

Signature

AT 1961

Annotation

Inaugurated 18 February 1962. The statue stands in front of the Liceu de Jaime Moiniz.

Sculptor

Pedro Augusto Franco dos Anjos Teixeira (filho) [son] (Paris 1908 - Sintra 1997), Portuguese sculptor, son of Artur Gaspar dos Anjos Teixeira (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.
Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'58" - W 16°54'8") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma013; Photograph: 6 January 2014
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