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Lagoa
(Fr. de Santa Cruz)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Rua da Igreja
(Adro da Igreja de Santa Cruz)

Padre João José Tavares

Father João José Tavares

Lagoa 1862 - 1933
parish priest for 45 years an local historian

Álvaro Raposo de França
1994

Description

Bronze bust.

Inscription(s)

p^e joão josé tavares
(13-ix-1862 – 28-ii-1933)
historiador do concelho
de lagoa
homenagem
da c.m. de lagoa
07-08-1994

Signature

raposo de frança

Sculptor

Álvaro Raposo de França (Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, 1940), Azorean sculptor (Wikipedia – Escultor.com.pt).

Sources & Information

João & Rita Freitas, Estatuária Micaelense (Ponta Delgada 2007) (also on-line in three parts at blogspot).

Locatie (N 37°44'35" - W 25°33'54") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac028; Photograph: 21 June 2016
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