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Ribeira Quente
(Povoação)
São Miguel (ilha)
Reg. Aut. dos Açores

Estrada Regional 2-2A
(Cemitério da Ribeira Quente)

Adelino dos Santos Melo

Ribeira Quente 1932 - 1986
Fish seller and exporter of Ribeira Quente

Álvaro Raposo de França
1987

Ribeira Quente / Adelino dos Santos Melo

Description

Bronze head on a tombstone

Signature

RF 87

Ribeira Quente - Adelino dos Santos Melo

Artist

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).

Location (N 37°44'3" - W 25°18'6") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptac083; Photograph: 23 June 2016
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