PREDIO DA ALFÂNDEGA

When you arrive in Manaus by river, there's one building that inevitably catches your eye: the Customs House or Prédio da Alfândega. This eclectic building, with Moorish and medieval Renaissance elements, was built by the English using materials imported from Liverpool. The exposed, pre-assembled brick blocks were transported in the holds of ships to Manaus. It was inaugurated in Manaus in 1906 by the then president of the republic, Afonso Penna.