On the south side of the square Praça 5 de Outubro, at Avenida Infante Dom Henrique you'll find the 'Monumento ao Emigrante Açoriano' (Monument to the Azorean Emigrants) by Alavaro Raposo de França (* 1940).
The monument has a size of 3.50m * 1.20m * 5.00 m and consists of concrete steles, stone mosaics and three life-sized bronze figures. It shows an emigrant family that starts off into a better future. The father of the family points hopeful to the west - towards America.
The Monumento ao Emigrante Açoriano was erected in 1999 by the cities of Ponta Delgada, Ribeira Grande, Vila Franca do Campo, Nordeste, Lagoa and Povoação in memory of the many emigrants who have left the Azores.
MONUMENTO
AO
EMIGRANTE
Homenagem das Camaras Municipais
de Ponta Delgada, Ribeira Grande,
Vila Franca do Campo, Nordeste,
Lagoa e Povoação.
1999