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Tomb of Fernão Teles de Meneses, 17th c.

2012 Conservation and Restoration

Monumental tomb* from an unknown author (possibly Pedro Nunes Tinoco), erected in the memory of Fernão Teles de Meneses and his wife Maria de Noronha, a former Portuguese military, who was the 28th Governor of India [1581] and of the Algarve [1587]. This tomb belongs to the collection of the National Museum of Natural History and Science (Lisboa). The work was done under the coordination of Eduardo do Carmo.
Tomb of Fernão Teles de Menezes and Maria de Noronha

* This mausoleum, from the former Jesuit novitiate (Novitiate of the Lark), is a monument made of ten elements of red marble and white limestone lioz micro-crystalline, including one cross, with different shapes, size and type, with a polished finish, over two dark grey marble elephants.

Acknowledgements National Museum of Natural History and Science ~ University of Lisboa

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