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Simón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Blanco
Caracas 1783 - Santa Marta, Colombia 1830
military and political leader; played a key role in Latin America's struggle for independence from the Spanish Empire.
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Arturo Rus Aguilera
1973 (1980)

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

SIMON BOLIVAR
LIBERTADOR de seis naciones PANAMA BOLIVIA COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU Y VENEZUELA nació en caracas venezuela el 24.07.1783 murió en la quinta san pedro alejandrino santa marta colombia el 17.12.1830	Liberator of six nations Panama, Bolivia Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela Born in Caracas, Venezuela, at 24 July 1783, died at the Quinta San Pedro Alejandrino Santa Marta Colombia at 17 December 1830

Signature

Arturo Rus | 1973

Annotation

Inaugurated 21 August 1980.

Sculptor

Arturo Rus Aguilera (c. 1923), Venezuelan sculptor.

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°38'51" - W 16°54'41") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma030; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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