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Porto Grande ("Big Harbor") is the the great bay and best harbor of Cape Verde, located in Mindelo, São Vicente Island. Thus, it was the obvious choice for Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral when they had to land their seaplane on their pioneer journey — the first air crossing from Europe (Portugal) to South America (Brazil) in 1922.
The sculpture is a monument to the pioneer flight of Gago Coutinho and Sacadura Cabral. It was made by Cutileiro, the same sculptor of the monument to the 25 April Revolution in Lisbon.
In front of the yellow and white building, the Municipal Library, at left, there is a very different monument that celebrates also this flight.
Nowadays the jet aircrafts en route to and from Brazil make also stopovers in Cape Verde, but they use the airports in Sal or Santiago islands.
A lonely boy is not usual in Cape Verde, but this one was here, maybe taking a rest on his way home. I guess he is still unaware of what the monument stands for.
To the left of the Municipal Library, there is the white-and-pink building of the Alfândega Velha (Old Customs House).

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