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

Rua de Dom Carlos I
(Jardim do Almirante Reis)

Monumento ao Jogador de Futebol

Monument to the Football Player

Martim Velosa
Fundição Lage (Oliveira do Douro)
2005

Funchal / Monumento ao Jogador de Futebol

Description

Bronze statue of a football (soccer) player in action.

Signature

??? 05
fundicao LAGE

Annotation

Tribute to the football players on the place where one of the first football fields of Funchal was located.

Sculptor

Martim Velosa (Funchal 1973), Madeiran sculptor.

Sources & Information

Funchal Municipio, Funchal: Cidade com Arte (2010) (PDF on-line).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Igogo, Monumentos no Funchal

Locatie (N 32°38'49" - W 16°54'4") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma018; Photograph: 6 January 2014
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