Carlos Amarante - Braga, Portugal - Dedicated Benches on Waymarking.com

This stone bench is located near the church of Bom Jesus in braga,church that he was architect.
It was dedicated in 1948 to celebrate the bicentenary of his birth.
In the bench you can read:

"Ao arquitecto Carlos Amarante no segundo centenário do seu nascimento 1748-1948"
"Honoring architect Carlos Amarante in the second centenary of his birth 1748-1948"


"Carlos Luís Ferreira da Cruz Amarante (Braga, 1748 - Oporto, 1815) was an important Portuguese engineer and architect.

Amarante's father was musician in the court of the Bishop of Braga. He began pursuing an ecclesiastical career, but left the seminary when he was 23 years old to marry Luísa Clara Xavier. After that he pursued a career in engineering and architecture.

Artistically, Amarante led the transition between the late Baroque-Rococo architecture of northern Portugal to modern Neoclassical architecture. He was particularly influenced by the many Neoclassical buildings of English inspiration that were built in Oporto during the 18th century. The church of the sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Monte, built after 1784 to a design by Amarante, is considered one of the first Portuguese churches in Neoclassical style.

Amarante is buried in the Trindade Church in Oporto."
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Where is this bench located?: Next to the sanctuary of Bom Jesus Who is this bench honoring?: Carlos Amarante

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