Photos taken in Brazil and tagged as cities

Posing in front of Christ Redeemer in Rio

• Date: 2 May 2007
• Photographer: Wietsma: gallery
• Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - El Libertador in Rio

Here we can see, on the foreground, the Monument dedicated to General Simon Bolivar, "El Libertador" - The Liberator (1783-1830), the revolutionary leader responsible for the independence of five South American countries: Venezuela (its own native land), Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. The monument, a gift from Venezuela to Brazil, was inaugurated in 1981, at Juliano Moreira Square (district of Botafogo). On the background, we can see Rio Sul Tower, Rio's tallest building (162 meters high).

• Date: 8 March 2007
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - City Skies

Another view of the sky reflected in the glass windows of "Manhattan Tower" Building, in Downtown Rio.

• Date: 28 February 2007
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - City Skies

It was a sunny summer afternoon and the sky reflected in the glass windows of "Manhattan Tower" Building (one of the many skyscrapers built along Rio Branco Avenue, Rio de Janeiro's Downtown main street) looked really nice!

• Date: 28 February 2007
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - City Landmarks

Here we can see two of São Paulo's most important landmarks: (1) Right side: Páteo do Collégio (School Yard) Building, a replica (1953) of the old Jesuit School erected on the place where São Paulo was founded, in 1554. (2) Background: Altino Arantes Building (also known as BANESPA Tower), inaugurated in 1947. Tallest buiding in town until 1967, from its 161 meters high observatory it's possible to experience a 360 degrees view of up to 40 km of the impressive urban scenary of the city.

• Date: 18 February 2007
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - Metropolitan Cathedral

São Paulo Metropolitan Cathedral, also known as "Sé Church", is situated in the very heart of the city, close to the place where it was born, in 1554. Its construction started in 1913 and finished in 2002, when its original neogothical project, by German architect Maximilian Emil Hehl, was finally concluded. However, it was inaugurated in 1954, still without its towers. In the same place, in 1551, it was established the city's first Parish, known as the "Old Sé", demolished in 1911.

• Date: 18 February 2007
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: churches architecture cities sao_paulo br-sp
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Salvador - Portugal in Salvador

The Portuguese Library of Salvador was established in 1863, as a cultural association of the city's numerous Portuguese inmigrants. Its current headquarters, located at Piedade Square, were inaugurated in 1918, in a gorgeous "neomanuelino" building, consisting in one of the prettiest examples of this architectural style outside Portugal. This pic shows a detail of the main façade: the statues of Pedro Álvares Cabral, navigator who "discovered" Brazil, in 1500, and Luiz de Camões, the most important classical writer in Portuguese language.

• Date: 11 December 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: art buildings architecture cities bahia salvador br-ba
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Salvador - Rio Vermelho & Pituba

Here is a partial view of modern Salvador, taken from Pestana Hotel, located in Rio Vermelho, an old fishermen's neighbourhood where big hotels and condominiums now abound. Pituba, one of the city's newer districts, can be seen in the background.

• Date: 10 December 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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São João del-Rei - São Francisco de Assis Church II

Here is another view of São Francisco de Assis Church (1774-1804), in São João del-Rei, one of the XVIII Century's Minas Gerais State Gold Rush towns. It is a baroque architecture jewel and stands as the city's number one landmark.

• Date: 23 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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São João del-Rei - São Francisco de Assis Church I

São Francisco de Assis Church (1774-1804), located in São João del-Rei, one of the XVIII Century's Minas Gerais State Gold Rush towns, is a baroque architecture jewel and stands as the city's number one landmark.

• Date: 23 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Tiradentes - Colonial Houses

In its steep streets, beautiful Tiradentes (XVII/XVIII Centuries) shows some treasures of Portuguese Colonial Architecture, as we can see in the plain façades of these old houses.

• Date: 23 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Tiradentes - Serra de São José

Here is a view of "Serra de São José", Tiradentes impressive mountain range, a natural wonder, very rich in gold in the past. Today, it is a real trekking paradise.

• Date: 22 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Tiradentes - Santo Antonio Church II

This is the Parish Church of Santo Antônio, in Tiradentes, from another perspective. Tiradentes, one of the towns originated during the XVIII Century gold rush in Minas Gerais, is famous nowadays for its colonial and baroque architecture and for its cultural life.

• Date: 22 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Tiradentes - Santo Antonio Church I

This is the Parish Church of Santo Antônio (XVIII Century), in Tiradentes, one of the most beautiful historical cities of Minas Gerais State. It is a Minas Baroque jewel, important for its entranceway and large doors, designed by Aleijadinho (Antônio Francisco Lisboa, Brazilian most important sculptor), and for its altar, a golden extravaganza.

• Date: 22 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: churches art architecture cities minas_gerais tiradentes br-mg
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Rio de Janeiro - Guanabara Skies

At the end of the day, clouds over Guanabara Bay. Shot from Botafogo Praia Shopping, this pic shows Botafogo Inlet, Flamengo Park to the left, Urca and Sugar Loaf to the right and, on the other side of Guanabara Bay, on the back, Niterói, Rio's twin-city.

• Date: 19 November 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: landscapes mountains beaches sky cities rio_de_janeiro br-rj
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São Paulo - Estação da Luz II

Here is another view of "Estação da Luz" (Light's Railway Station), in Downtown São Paulo. Time to get back home, after a hard day working in the very heart of this megalopolis. Many people don't pay attention to the nice sunset, making promises of a good evening.

• Date: 9 September 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: sunsets_and_sunrises buildings trains cityscapes architecture cities sao_paulo br-sp
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Rio de Janeiro - Flying over Rio

Here is another pic taken from a plane, some minutes before its arrival at Santos Dumont Airport, in Downtown Rio. Guanabara Bay's entrance, Sugar Loaf, Santos Dumont Airport, part of Downtown, part of City's Harbour and some islands can be seen in this panoramic view.

• Date: 8 September 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Leaving on a Jet Plane

This is Santos Dumont Aiport, in Downtown Rio. I was beginning an ordinary flight to São Paulo, and captured the instant the plane took its position to take off. In my mind, the lyrics of John Denver's "Leaving on a Jet Plane": Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane Don't know when I'll be back again Oh babe, I hate to go...

• Date: 7 September 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Flying over Rio

Another flight from Rio to São Paulo, another view of the place where Rio was founded, close to the entrance of Guanabara Bay: Praia de Fora ("Outer Beach"). The Sugar Loaf (to the left), Botafogo Inlet and the districts/beaches of Urca and Botafogo (to the right) can also be seen.

• Date: 7 September 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Urca District

Although situated very close to the place where Rio de Janeiro was founded, in 1565, Urca is a young District, built in a reclaimed land area, at the foot of Sugar Loaf Mountain, in the first decades of the XX Century. Once known for its famous Casino, Urca remains as an amazing and exclusive neighbourhood, one of the best in town. The photo was taken from Urca Hill.

• Date: 5 September 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Brazilians

These nice and smiling children are native brazilians, who live in Paraty-Mirim Guarani Indian Reserve, in the middle of "Mata Atlântica" (Atlantic Tropical Rainforest), about 4 hours from Rio by car. The pic was taken when they were visiting a Public University in Rio, invited to sing and dance in a cultural event about diversity and citizenship.

• Date: 15 August 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Three Towers

The elegant profile of "Santa Luzia" Church, a Portuguese colonial architecture's jewel (1752), in Downtown Rio de Janeiro, contrasts with it's modern neighbours.

• Date: 14 August 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: churches buildings architecture cities rio_de_janeiro br-rj
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Rio de Janeiro - Moorish Pavilion II

Another detail of the "Moorish Pavilion" (1917), building which hosts the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation - Fiocruz, an important research center in medicine and health.

• Date: 3 August 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Moorish Pavilion I

Internal detail of the "Moorish Pavilion", by portuguese architect Luis de Moraes Júnior, inaugurated in 1917 to host what today is one of the world's main research centers in medicine and health, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation - Fiocruz. The beautiful building is located in the district of Manguinhos.

• Date: 3 August 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
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Salvador - Rio Vermelho

This is another pic taken from Blue Tree Towers Hotel, showing part of Rio Vermelho, a neighbourhood famous for its artists, fishermen, restaurants, hotels and lively night.

• Date: 25 July 2006
• Photographer: mig13: gallery
• Location: Brazil: gallery
• Tags: landscapes beaches cityscapes cities bahia salvador br-ba
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