Monument to Rosa Araújo
The monument to Rosa Araújo is a memorial to the merchant , journalist and mayor José Gregório Rosa Araújo (1840–1893) in the center of the Portuguese capital Lisbon .
It was built on October 25, 1936 in the green spaces of Avenida da Liberdade . The sculptor Costa Mota created a bronze bust depicting Rosa Araújo. It stands on a stone pedestal about 2 meters high, on which a woman figure - an allegory of the city of Lisbon - thanks her benefactor. The inscription À ROSA ARAÚJO 1936 in the base .
literature
- Rafael Laborde Ferreira, Victor Manuel Lopes Vieira: Estatuária de Lisboa , 1985
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Coordinates: 38 ° 43 '23.3 " N , 9 ° 8' 54.5" W.