{on the plinth beneath the feet:}
Dias
{Beneath the lighthouse, on the left:}
1488
Dias rests his right hand on a cross which tops what appears to be a lighthouse. Behind his lower half the niche is carved with some schematic waves on which, to his left, sails a splendid galleon. Carved in situ.
WC2, Trafalgar Square, South African High Commission
Building 1933 by Sir Herbert Baker and Alexander Thomson Scott.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Dias statue
Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Dias statue
The large terrace area around the statue is worth commenting on. It's clearly original and has somehow survived. There are 4 concentric...
Unveiled by Montgomery in the presence of McFall, Churchill himself and a large crowd. One of only a few statues in London unveiled whil...
The campanile where this statue is sited is 177 feet high.
The statue was unveiled in Bergkamp's lifetime which puts him in a select club - see Fenner Brockway statue.
The structure is a reasonably standard late Victorian drinking fountain, in granite, with a basin for humans and a bowl lower down for do...
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