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Monumento ao Emigrante Madeirense

Monument to the Madeiran Emigrant

Franco Fernandes
1982

Funchal / Monumento ao Emigrante Madeirense

Description

Bronze statue of a half kneeling man with a sphere in his hands.

Inscription(s)

AO EMIGRANTE MADEIRENSE PRESENTE EM TODAS AS LATITUDES	obra realizada pelo governo regional em 1982.
To the Madeiran Emigrant present at all latitudes	Work undertaken by the regional government in 1982

Annotation

Tribute to the Madeiran emigrants who took the name and traditions of the island to all latitudes. Inaugurated 1 July 1982.

Sculptor

José Manuel Franco Figueira Fernandes (died 2009), Portuguese sculptor.

Sources & Information

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

Locatie (N 32°38'48" - W 16°54'32") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: ptma041; Photograph: 7 January 2014
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