Opened as part of the celebrations of the fourth centenary of the discovery of Brazil, the monumento shows Cabral's figure brandishing a flag on a high pedestal and behind him the figures of Pero Vaz de Caminha and Frei Henrique Soares. All the sculptural group in bronze was cast in Thiebaut, Paris, under the direct supervision of Bernardelli. In 1940 a copy was given to Portugal by the Brazilian government.
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