Atlas Obscura
Prometheus Statue in Braga, Portugal
At the main entrance of the University of Minho’s Gualtar campus in Braga, Portugal, rises an imposing bronze sculpture of Prometheus , created in 1992 by the acclaimed Portuguese artist José Rodrigues. Commissioned with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and gifted to the university by the Municipality of Braga, the work was conceived as a symbol of the institution’s mission as…