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TRAGEDY AT SEA LISBON 1 B SEPIA
The dedication reads:-
"Inspired by a painting by the famous AGUSTO GOMEZ, a great artist from MATOSINHOS, the sculptural ensemble "TRAGEDY AT SEA", by JOSE JOAO BRITO (2005) remembering the greatest nautical tragedy ever recorded in Portuguese waters, the tempest of 1-2 December 1947, in which several fishing boats sank off LEORDES Port, causing the death of 152 crew members and pain and despair in the whole community. 72 widows and 152 orphans came out of this tragedy."
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