Tomé de Sousa (1503–1579) was the first governor-general of the Portuguese colony of Brazil from 1549 until 1553. He was a nobleman and soldier born in Rates, Póvoa de Varzim. Sousa was born a noble and participated in military expeditions in Africa, fought the Moors and commanded the nau Conceição to Portuguese India, part of the armada of Fernão de Andrade.

Sousa was the first knight commander of the medieval Monastery of Rates, re-established in 1100 AD and dissolved in the 16th century.

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"This monument is a tribute by artist Vauluizo Bezerra Rodrigues, copy of the sculpture of the first Governador-General of Brazil by Italian visual artist Pasquale de Chirico, located on the main staircase of Rio Branco Palace. The Rodrigues replica, in cast bronze, is mounted on a granite pedestal."

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Location: Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

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