Attraction
Primeira Travessia Aérea do Atlântico Sul
Lisbon, Portugal
About Primeira Travessia Aérea do Atlântico Sul
The Monument to the First Aerial Crossing of the South Atlantic is a monument in Lisbon, Portugal, placed at Brasília Avenue, within the civil parish of Belém. It consists of a stainless steel replica sculpture of Fairey III biplane, that was used by Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral during their 1922 South Atlantic aerial crossing. Inside are also installed their life-sized busts. It was designed by architects Martins Bairrada and Leopoldo Soares Branc, and sculptor Domingos Soares Branco, and unveiled in 1991.
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