“There is no love that resists 24 hours of philosophy.” The words of Camilo Castelo Branco, which entered the novel Lisbon Mysteries, with three volumes, the first published in 1854, have never made so much sense. Although the statue erected in Largo Amor de Perdição, in Porto, showing the writer embracing a naked woman, has survived much longer than that, it could even be removed.
The work of Francisco Simões was installed in the square next to the Campo de los Mártires da Pátria in 2012, with the aim of paying tribute to the female figures present in the writer’s novels. However, over the years, the naked woman hugging Camilo Castelo Branco has been confused with Ana Plácido, the great love of his life.
In fact, the place chosen for the installation of the statue Camilo’s love It wasn’t by chance. It is located next to the old Cadeia da Recção, now Centro Português da Fotografia, where both were detained.awaiting trial to find out if they would be convicted of the crime of adultery.
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Source: Observadora
