The Regional Directorate for Culture, through the Horta Museum, will mark 175th anniversary of Manuel de Arriaga's birth with an online presentation of a compilation of images portraying his term as President of the National Government.
This collection of images, which are on display at the permanent exhibition room of Manuel de Arriaga House in Horta, is now available to the public on the website of the Azores Knowledge Centre at the address //www.culturacores.azores. gov.pt.
Manuel José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e Peyrelongue was born in Horta was born in the July 8, 1840 and died in Lisbon on March 5, 1917. He was the son of Sebastião José de Arriaga Brum da Silveira e de Maria Cristina Pardal Ramos Caldeira.
He was elected President of the Portuguese Republic on August 24, 1911 and resigned on May 29, 1915.
The Regional Directorate for Culture informs that this and other events may be consulted in the Cultural Agenda of the CulturAçores Portal at the following address: www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt.