Pedro Afonso de Aguiar - Lisboa, Portugal
Posted by: manchanegra
N 38° 41.766 W 009° 12.360
29S E 482086 N 4283073
Coat or arms of the Aguiar Family.
Waymark Code: WMDXTV
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 03/08/2012
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The coat of arms of the Aguiar family is composed by an Eagle (Aguia is Portuguese for Eagle and Aguiar is a derived name) with open wings and a crescent moon on the chest. It´s origin is probably from central Europe like Germany.
The coat of arms is placed in a magestic fountain in Belem (Fonte Luminosa)in front of Jerónimos Monastery together with 49 other coat of arms of important personalities from the time of Portuguese Discoveries. The fountain was designed by Cottinelli Telmo and built in 1940 for the Portuguese World Exhibition. There´s very little information about the fountain and the Coat of Arms and most available information refers to a total of 32 Coat of arms of Portuguese inland and Overseas provinces wich is wrong. These coat of arms can be seen in the gardens around the fountain designed with flowers and bushes.
There´s few information about relevant navigators with this name. We found reference to Pedro Afonso de Aguiar (or Pero), an expert navigator that sailed with Vasco da Gama´s second trip to India in 1502 (he was captain of the ship São Pantaleão), sailed with Lopo Soares de Albergaria´s fleet in 1504 to India and with Dom Fernando Coutinho´s fleet in 1509 (onc again to India).
Bearer of Coat of Arms: Noble (aristocratic) family
Full name of the bearer: Pedro Afonso de Aguiar
Where is Coat of Arms installed (short description) ?: Fonte Luminosa @ Praça do Império (Fountain)
Material / Design: Stone
Blazon (heraldic description): See above
Address: Praça do Império
Web page about the structure where is Coat of Arms installed (if exists): [Web Link]
Web page about the bearer of Coat of Arms (if exists): [Web Link]
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