The statue of António Ribeiro Chiado (Portuguese: Estátua de António Ribeiro Chiado) is a monument in Lisbon, Portugal, placed at the Chiado Square, within the civil parish of Misericórdia. It consists of a bronze statue, depicting António Ribeiro Chiado, a local 16th-century poet, placed on a limestone pedestal. The monument was designed by António Augusto da Costa Motta and unveiled on 18 December 1925.
History The monument was commissioned by the municipal council of Chiado and designed by António Augusto da Costa Motta. It was unveiled on 18 December 1925 at the Chaido Square. It was dedicated to António Ribeiro Chiado, a local 16th-century poet and artist.Zília Osório de Castro: Lisboa 1821: a cidade e os políticos. Lisbon: Livros Horizonte, 1996, p. 99. ISBN 9789722409896. (in Portuguese)
Characteristics The monument is placed at the centre of Chaido Square. It consists of a bronze statue of António Ribeiro Chiado, depicted sitting and talking, placed on a limestone pedestal.Cameron Cartiere, Leon Tan (editors): The Routledge Companion to Art in the Public Realm. London: Taylor & Francis, 2020, ISBN 9780429833809.
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