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GPS 38.70373934840171, -9.302927590304593

Life and work

In 1956, Rómulo Vasco da Gama de Carvalho was 50 years old and published, under the pseudonym António Gedeão, his first book of poetry.

Until then, he was only known as a teacher, although his talent as a pedagogue and disseminator had already manifested itself in works published in these two areas. Although his poetic work appeared late, Rómulo de Carvalho revealed a surprising poetic vein from an early age. Avoiding sentimentalism, his poetry is tinged with tender irony, with an apparent skepticism, because, deep down, the poet knows, like few others, “that dreams command life/That whenever a man dreams/the world jumps and advances/like a colorful ball/between a child’s hands.” Even though he is somewhat skeptical about human movements, António Gedeão continues to believe in a different reality and, in terms of hope and trust, these verses are difficult to surpass. The musicalization of his poem, Pedra philosofal, contributed to making António Gedeão's poetry better known and became a symbol of resistance in Salazar's Portugal. He passed away in 1997.

Sculptural reading

Sculpture

Figure built as if he were a medieval alchemist and at the same time from later times. It was built in Lioz marble, which is the name of a poem by Gedeon (Stone Poem Lioz).

Poetic Reading

The test tubes in front of Lioz's marble constitute truly symbolic elements that refer to fundamental aspects that intersect in his poetic discourse: Life, science, poetry. In his texts we find expressions that speak of this poet’s own dialectic: “cathedral spiers”

Sculptor Francisco Simões

Mecenas Teixeira Duarte, S.A.

Full list of Geochaching below:

https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc

*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅

Curator Body
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Versão portuguesa aqui.

GPS 38.70373934840171, -9.302927590304593

Life and work

In 1956, Rómulo Vasco da Gama de Carvalho was 50 years old and published, under the pseudonym António Gedeão, his first book of poetry.

Until then, he was only known as a teacher, although his talent as a pedagogue and disseminator had already manifested itself in works published in these two areas. Although his poetic work appeared late, Rómulo de Carvalho revealed a surprising poetic vein from an early age. Avoiding sentimentalism, his poetry is tinged with tender irony, with an apparent skepticism, because, deep down, the poet knows, like few others, “that dreams command life/That whenever a man dreams/the world jumps and advances/like a colorful ball/between a child’s hands.” Even though he is somewhat skeptical about human movements, António Gedeão continues to believe in a different reality and, in terms of hope and trust, these verses are difficult to surpass. The musicalization of his poem, Pedra philosofal, contributed to making António Gedeão's poetry better known and became a symbol of resistance in Salazar's Portugal. He passed away in 1997.

Sculptural reading

Sculpture

Figure built as if he were a medieval alchemist and at the same time from later times. It was built in Lioz marble, which is the name of a poem by Gedeon (Stone Poem Lioz).

Poetic Reading

The test tubes in front of Lioz's marble constitute truly symbolic elements that refer to fundamental aspects that intersect in his poetic discourse: Life, science, poetry. In his texts we find expressions that speak of this poet’s own dialectic: “cathedral spiers”

Sculptor Francisco Simões

Mecenas Teixeira Duarte, S.A.

Full list of Geochaching below:

https://mirror.xyz/madeinpt.eth/I5tjF3sn6ugnUw3nBnKOpOUr2DEh_g6cTN-0hivKCgc

*Released*✅ *Reviewed*✅ Approved✅

Curator Body
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