| Monument to the Azoreans | |
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Monumento aos Açorianos | |
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| General information | |
| Address | Av. Loureiro da Silva, 1155 |
| Town or city | Porto Alegre |
| Country | Brazil |
| Coordinates | 30°02′20″S 51°13′46″W / 30.03901°S 51.22955°W |
| Inaugurated | March 26, 1974 |
| Height | 17 m |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Steel |
| Size | 24 m |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Carlos Tenius |
| References | |
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The Monument to the Azoreans (Portuguese: Monumento aos Açorianos) is a public art monument in full time exhibition in Porto Alegre, state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in honor of the arrival of the first sixty Azorean couples that populated the city in 1752. It was inaugurated on March 26, 1974, in the city's 206th anniversary. The monument is 17 meters high and 24 meters wide.[1]
This metallic sculpture is located in one of the most famous plazas in the city, the Azoreans' Plaza (Portuguese: Largo dos Açorianos), close to the State's administrative center. Built in 1973, made of steel and inspiried in futuristic aesthetic, it is an artwork created by the sculptor Carlos Tenius, and resembles a caravel, composed of intertwined human bodies and, in its front, a winged figure that resembles the mythological Greek character Icarus, representing the victory of reaching a new country having traveled through the sea.[1]
The monument has an inscription reading "Never would those Azorean couples have dreamt that, from the seed they had thrown to the soil, the splendor of this city would grow."[2]
- ^ a b c "IBGE | Biblioteca | Detalhes | Monumento aos Açorianos : Porto Alegre, RS". biblioteca.ibge.gov.br. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "Símbolo da Capital, Monumento aos Açorianos será restaurado" [Capital's symbol, the Monument to the Azoreans will be restored]. Zero Hora. September 16, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2021.