Tourist Attractions & Monuments Brazil

Church of 1914, with Roman mouldings and Columns.

Dating back to 1804, this church housed the most sumptuous celebrations of colonial and imperial periods and, in particular, the procession of Holy Friday.

Located at the very location of the city of São Paulo, the current chapel is a replica of that of the th century. Next, the Anchieta Museum.

Built in 1719, the house has been completely restored and has been home to the Collection of African Memory and Art since 1990.

The story of the Italian quarter of Sampa and Italian immigration.

More than 2 000 works by Brazilian artists, mainly from 1960 to 1990.

In the vast modern residence of Oscar Americano, works from the th century of Di Cavalcanti, Lasar Segall, but also imperial times. Also a cosy tea salon and sometimes classical music concerts.

This former residence of the poet now houses a cultural centre promoting theatre and literature.

House of the th century.

A trout breeding, a favourite of the region.

Commemorates the popular insurrection of the same name. The revolted perhaps deserve better than this Machin machin, just a few steps from a shopping mall, leaving the city.

There are parts ranging from 1 to 60 R $.

Panoramic view of the Amazon forest.

About half an hour from Catraia in an aluminum boat, the Santo Antônio waterfall is 20 m high. This typically Amazon forest is worth a look.

It's one of the postcards from Porto Alegre. This space was of course taken from the industrial wasteland of the city's former gas factory. You can admire the sunset there! It is also a lively place with many cafes, bookstores and cultural spaces. The visit of the gasômetro must be coupled with a tour on the Rio Guaiba aboard the Cisne Branco, a real floating cultural space (visit of the islands and historical commentaries for R$ 45).

It offers a beautiful collection of local art.

He generally exhibits good exhibitions on the Indians in the region.

A large central park, with a mini zoo, an athletics track, an auditorium.

Saturday, agricultural fair, organic products;

On Sunday (a. m. to p. m.) there is the Brick da Redenção: it is a fair of crafts, antiques where you can find everything. Also music, gastronomy and street theatre. Very popular outings with locals.

The most visited monument in the city and seat of government, the Piratini Palace on the beautiful Praça da Matriz was built in a French-inspired neoclassical style in the 1920s. It was Paul Landowski, the creator of the Corcovado in Rio, who designed the allegorical statues of Agriculture and Industry as well as those of the Primavera in the interior patio. Inside, the paintings of the painter Locatelli contain the history of the state. Of note are the grand French-style marble staircase and the grandiose Salon Negrinho do Pastoreio.

Built around 1905, it is as much a facade as it is a temporary art exhibition. On the façade are the statues of Ceres (goddess of agriculture) and Hermes, under the coat of arms of the Republic. Another allegory is that of the statues representing Industry, Fishing, Navigation and Architecture. Inside the museum the white marble elements, geometric floors in exotic woods, carved stucco ceilings and coloured azulejos. Café and shop on site.

For 40 years, the Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana, in homage to the great gaucho poet, has had a multifaceted mission. This former pink hotel (the former Majestic Hotel) has been transformed into a major cultural center by the government of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is now 12 square meters dedicated to arts and culture. You go there for exhibitions, concerts and shows, but also for its café from where you can enjoy one of the most beautiful sunsets in the city.

The market was built at the end of the 17th century and restored according to the original plans. Handicrafts, wood carvers' workshops, engravings, paintings. After the fire that destroyed Marim dos Caetés in 1601, the city began to be rebuilt by the Rua de São Bento, with the Palace of the Governors, then came the House of the Chamber and the prison, which were one above the other, and in front of them the public market. The market is U-shaped and has typical characteristics of buildings from the colonial period,

Like many Brazilian metropolises, especially those in the Northeast, the city centers that were born during the colonial period or during the sugar cycle had become places of misery and violence, where only those who could not escape these places of exclusion remained. The more affluent classes had long since left the historic districts to move to the more open spaces of residential areas such as Casa Amarela or Boa Viagem with its Benidorm air. The municipality has worked on the Western process of reclaiming the centres. Old Recife is the starting point of the city and is at the heart of this reclamation process. The process of renovation is slow and the animation of the streets in the evening is in decline. You can see the port of Recife with a beautiful view of the sea and the Esculturas Francisco Brennand park. The Praça Rio Branco (better known as Marco Zero, "the zero marker") is decorated with the Rosa dos Ventos, by the Pernambuco painter Cicero Dias. There are also various cultural institutes, such as the Malakoff Cultural Observatory, located in the Tunisian-style tower of the same name, which houses an astronomical observatory. The Apolo Theatre, from the 19th century. Also a beautiful church, the Igreja da Madre de Deus, dating from the eighteenth century. In the Rua do Bom Jesus, which was called the street of the Jews in the 17th century, stands the Kahal Zur Israel synagogue. Also of interest is Fort Brum (1629), which houses a military museum.

In the heart of Santo Antônio, the Praça da Republica is one of the most beautiful squares in the city, founded on the gardens of Count Maurice de Nassau. It is formed by three gardens with numerous sculptures of classical deities. Around the fountain, lit at night, are imperial palms and a huge old baobab tree. Around the square, the Teatro Santa Isabel designed by the Frenchman Lousi-Léger Vautier, a high place of the cultural life of the city (19th century), the Palácio do Campo das Princesas (1841) and the Palácio da Justiça.

It is an area where you can admire houses and sobrados from the 19th century, when the area was popular with the population as a holiday resort. Its lands belonged to theengenho Casa Forte. There was only a small village with a few houses. Doctors began to advise the members of the richest families to go there, because the Capibaribe River that flowed there could have medicinal properties. The rich families of Recife started to build sobrados. The Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde (1820) can also be seen here.

Situated in the heart of the ancient island of Antonio Vaz, it is one of the most important ensembles of Portuguese architecture. Here you can see the impressive cathedral of São Pedro dos Clerigos, built in baroque style and finished in 1792, which will enjoy the beautiful dodécagonale nave and the ceiling painted by the eye. The whole has recently been rehabilitated to make it a tourist and exit area and today is one of the most charming places in the historic centre: a small, picturesque colonial square with restaurants and cafés.

Nowadays it is a cultural centre under the supervision of Sesc. Built by the merchant Colonel Aureliano de Medeiros who designed this residence surrounded by gardens. He had the ironwork brought from Germany and the crystal, carpets and porcelain from France. He brought many decorative objects from across the Atlantic to show the owner's wealth. Years later, the building housed the Court of Justice and, in the 1930s, it became the Bela Vista Hotel, one of the most refined hotels in Natal at the time.