Father Landell
Honors & Recognition
”Every human body is surrounded by an element of vaporous form, more or less of Health, depending on nature or the State of the individual or the environment in which he finds himself”
– Roberto Landell de Moura
The Porto Alegre samba school, SRBC Fidalgos e Aristocratas, paid a tribute to the radio in the 2025 Carnival parade. The story begins with Father Landell
He is mentioned in the lyrics of the song “…./ Liguei o rádio acertei a sintonia / Para começar o show / Da voz do Brasil inteiro / Seria invenção ou bruxaria? / Quando o hino ecoou / De um padre que diziam um feiticeiro / …”
Honored in 2024 by "Aguias de Ouro" samba school in the Sao Paulo parade Carnival
Aguias de Ouro celebrates 100years of the radio in Brazil honoring among others Roberto Landell de Moura, the radio inventor. The music lyrics mention him “…./ O padre criador abençoado / Na ciência e na fé, injustiçado /…”
Exhibition at the Chamber of Deputies, Brasilia, 2023
The Chamber of Deputies held the exhibition “Rádio: Centenário & Antenado”. The exhibition, which was part of the celebrations of 100 years of radio in Brazil, brought together texts, photos and infographics that were displayed in the Tereza de Benguela (between the Ulysses Guimarães plenary and the committees), in the Main Building of the Chamber.
Exhibition at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, in 2023: Radio in Brazil and Father Landell: The Man Who Invented the Future
The exhibition brought together interactive installations, documents, photos and equipments about the history if the radio.
New Law passed in 2014 to teach the history of Roberto Landell de Moura in the public school system in Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
December 8th 2014 a new law passed to include Father Landell’s history in the public school system under the subjects of Science, History and Portuguese language.
Father Landell is honored in 2012 with his inclusion in the Book of National Heroes, located in " Panteão da Pátria e da Liberdade Tancredo Neves".
Included in April 27th, 2012, Father Landell is in the book along with the Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro I and among others, Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca who proclaimed the republic of Brazil. The Book of National Heroes is located in the capital of Brazil, Brazilia.
In 2011, the Municipal Chamber of São Paulo awarded the Title of Paulistano Citizen to Father Roberto Landell de Moura.
In 2011, the Brazilian National post company Honored Father Landell issuing a stamp in celebration of 150years of his birthday (January 21st 1961)
Landell de Moura award for Research and Innovation on Microelectronics done yearly since 2007
Father Landell honored in 1984 by the Governor of Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil.
The governor Jair Soares spoke using a replica of Landell‘s wave transmitter, the same patented in the USA, in a public square during the Brazilian Independence Day parade in September 7th 1984.
The Brazilian Radio Amateur Patron since 1981
Septemer 25th 1981, Father Roberto Landell de Moura, became the Brazilian radio amateur patron thru an election in LABRE (Brazilian Amateur League of Radio Emission).
