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Ribeira Brava
Madeira (ilha)
Reg. Aut. da Madeira

Rua dos Camachos
(Church square)

Padre Manuel Álvares

Ribeira Brava 1526 - Colégio de Évora, 1583
Descendant of the founders of Ribeira Brava. Author of the Latin Art of Grammar De Institutione Grammatica (Lisbon 1572).

Amândio de Sousa
1972

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

PADRE MANUEL ÀLVARES
1526-1583

autor da arte da gramática
(de institutione grammatica)

homenagem do municipio

PADRE MANUEL ÀLVARES
1526-1583

Author of the Art of Grammar
(De institutione grammatica)

Homage of the Municipality

Annotation

Inaugurated 1 August 1972.

Sculptor

Amândio Manuel Abreu de Sousa (Funchal 1934), Madeiran sculptor, husband of Luisa Clode.

Sources & Information

Madeira Quase Esquecida, O que nos contam as nossas estátuas… (Facebook).
Padre António Vieira, Estátuas Madeirenses: Fotos e apontamentos sobre estátuas madeirenses (Blogspot).
Arquipelagos, Image Bank.

Locatie (N 32°40'16" - W 17°3'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma067; Photograph: 8 January 2014
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