Monumento às Três Raças, Bronze monument at Praça Cívica, Goiânia, Brazil.
The Monumento às Três Raças, officially the Monumento à Goiânia, stands in the center of Praça Cívica Doutor Pedro Ludovico Teixeira. Sculpted in bronze and granite by Neusa Morais in 1968, it reaches seven meters and weighs about three hundred kilograms. Bronze figures of white, Black and Indigenous people rise from a granite stake set with the city's coat of arms.
Sculpted in bronze and granite by Neusa Morais and inaugurated in 1968, the monument was conceived as a tribute to the mixing of white, black and indigenous peoples that formed the Goiás population. It stands in the centre of Praça Cívica Doutor Pedro Ludovico Teixeira, the square laid out for the new capital inaugurated in 1942. The work weighs about three hundred kilograms and rises seven metres.
The sculpture depicts three human figures representing the Indigenous, African, and European populations that shaped the genetic and cultural makeup of Goiás. This representation of three different origins stands visibly at the heart of public life in the square.
The monument stands in the center of Civic Square, easily accessible between the Esmeraldas and Campinas palaces. Entry is free and the site remains open year-round for visitors exploring the public square.
The bronze figures raise a granite stake, and set into it is the city's coat of arms. The monument's official name is Monumento à Goiânia, not Monumento às Três Raças, and the municipal government lists it as cultural heritage.
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