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Parte central do Monumento, onde há um mapa de São Joaquim
Third part, the Mausoleum |
Constructed on an area of about 230 m², Manoel Joaquim Pinto Monument is an art
work divided in three parts. The first is 13 meters long and occupies a grass area, where there’s a stone with inscriptions that tells the
origin and the property of the object. The stone has the shape of the number 7, making many analogies, the musical notes and the colors of the rainbow
among them.
In the central part, there’s a 13x9 meters space that forms a kind of water mirror,
is the shape of São Joaquim’s map. The map counts with the main rivers of the region, “Pelotas” and “Lavatudo”. There’s a log where there are
several elements represented, like an animal troop being conducted by explorers and sculptures of representative elements of the productions of
the city and neighbor locations, like Lages and Urupema.
In the third part of the monument, visitors can see a mausoleum, above the ground
level, installed on a grassy area. The mortal remains of Manoel Joaquim Pinto were removed to the sculpture in the inauguration day.
The monument was created as a way of honoring, recovering and preserving the memory
of São Joaquim on an innovative and interactive way, since it involves various typical aspects of the region. The landscape work has oriental
style, with water foils and small waterfalls. One of the curiosities of the work is that stones and other materials of Matrix Church were used
in the monument, during the epoch of its construction.
The author of “Monumento Manoel Joaquim Pinto” is the artist “Elson Kiotaka Outuki”,
apple cultivator since 1975. He started to sculpt in 1999 and is a specialist in basalt works.
Address: Praça João Ribeiro. Attached to São Joaquim’s City Hall |
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