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António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24/08/1817 - 02/04/1890)
António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24 August 1817 - 2 April 1890) was a Portuguese trader and explorer in Angola, in the Portuguese West Africa.
“… On April 1, 1890, the explorer wrapped himself in a Portuguese flag, lay down on a dozen kegs of gunpowder, and lit a fuse. He did not die immediately, but the burns from the self-inflicted injury killed him the next day. He was seventy-three.”)
more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_da_Silva_Porto
Photo at: “The Cemetery of the Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Lapa (I.N.S.L.) is the oldest Portuguese romantic cemetery. The mausoleums settled here by the noble families whose members are buried here turn this cemetery into a 'museum on death', displaying funerary art from the 19th century. It holds the tombs of renowned people, such as the writers Arnaldo Gama, Camilo Castelo Branco and Soares de Passos, the architects and artists Marques da Silva and Marques de Oliveira, the bishop D. Manuel de Santa Inês, and the industrial José Ferreira Borges, among many others. In 2013 it was classified as Estate of Public Interest.” Source: www.visitporto.travel/visitar/paginas/viagem/DetalhesPOI....
António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24/08/1817 - 02/04/1890)
António Francisco Ferreira da Silva Porto (24 August 1817 - 2 April 1890) was a Portuguese trader and explorer in Angola, in the Portuguese West Africa.
“… On April 1, 1890, the explorer wrapped himself in a Portuguese flag, lay down on a dozen kegs of gunpowder, and lit a fuse. He did not die immediately, but the burns from the self-inflicted injury killed him the next day. He was seventy-three.”)
more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_da_Silva_Porto
Photo at: “The Cemetery of the Brotherhood of Nossa Senhora da Lapa (I.N.S.L.) is the oldest Portuguese romantic cemetery. The mausoleums settled here by the noble families whose members are buried here turn this cemetery into a 'museum on death', displaying funerary art from the 19th century. It holds the tombs of renowned people, such as the writers Arnaldo Gama, Camilo Castelo Branco and Soares de Passos, the architects and artists Marques da Silva and Marques de Oliveira, the bishop D. Manuel de Santa Inês, and the industrial José Ferreira Borges, among many others. In 2013 it was classified as Estate of Public Interest.” Source: www.visitporto.travel/visitar/paginas/viagem/DetalhesPOI....