Project Competition for the D. Henrique Monument in Sagres,
Lisbon (1957).
The Executive Committee of the Commemorations of the Fifth
Centenary of the death of Infante D. Henrique decided to bring together in this
publication the fundamental elements of the contest for the monument that
should be built in Sagres.
Such a large number of projects - 22 of Portuguese and 27
foreign authors - is a tribute to the memory of Infante and will be documentary
of the interest of national and foreign artists, for the figure and work of the
genius initiator of the Discoveries.
Under the Motto: Scorpio; Manuel Pereira da Silva
participated in collaboration with Architect Carlos Neves, Architect José
Márcio de Freitas, Engineer Armando Santos Paupério and Engineer Manuel O. Dias
Lopes.
