Photos taken in Brazil and tagged as cities
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Fortaleza - Central Market
Fortaleza Central Market is an important reference for buying Northeastern Brazil regional products and traditional handicrafts. It is located in a modern building, inaugurated in 1998, and shelters about 550 stores, attracting tourists from every corner of the World.
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Fortaleza - Meireles Beach II
Here is a more encompassing view of Meireles Beach, in Fortaleza, one of the most important touristic destinations in Brazil. On the back it's possible to see part of the port of Mucuripe and some of the famous "jangadas", local boats used for fishing. Fortaleza's main hotels can be found here.
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Fortaleza - Meireles Beach I
Fortaleza, capital of Ceará, a northeastern State, is one of brazilian most important touristic centers, famous for its fine beachs and sunny days. Here we can see a part of Meireles Beach, very popular among tourists.
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Porto Alegre - Double Twins
This pic shows Rio Grande do Sul's State Government administration building, in the district of Praia de Belas. On the back, the Guaíba River.
- Date: 16 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Porto Alegre - Central Market
Built in 1869, in neoclassical style, the Public Central Market is one of Porto Alegre's most important landmarks, located in the very heart of the city, close to the old wharf, on the Guaíba River.
- Date: 16 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
- Tags: buildings cityscapes architecture cities br-rs porto_alegre rio_grande_do_sul
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Porto Alegre - City Hall & Central Market
Here we can see two of Porto Alegre's most important landmarks: the City Hall (1901) and the Public Central Market (1869), both in neoclassical style, located in the very heart of the city, close to the old wharf, on the Guaíba River.
- Date: 16 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
- Tags: buildings cityscapes architecture cities br-rs porto_alegre rio_grande_do_sul
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Rio de Janeiro - Flying over Rio
I've taken this pic when flying from Rio to São Paulo. Here we can see the place where Rio was founded, in 1565, close to the entrance of Guanabara Bay: Praia de Fora ("Outer Beach"), between the Sugar Loaf (to the left) and the Cara de Cão - "Dog's Face" (to the right) hills. Botafogo Inlet and the districts/beaches of Urca and Botafogo can also be seen.
- Date: 15 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Flying over Rio
Another pic taken from a plane flying from Rio to São Paulo: the Sugar Loaf Mountain, at the entrance of Guanabara Bay, in an unusual perspective.
- Date: 15 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Flying over Rio
A flight from Rio de Janeiro to São Paulo offers breathtaking views, like this one: an unusual perspective of world famous Sugar Loaf peak (almost 1300 feet high), standing at the entrance of Guanabara Bay.
- Date: 15 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Curitiba - Botanical Garden II
Here is the Botanical Garden again, one of Curitiba's top landmarks.
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Curitiba - Botanical Garden I
Here is another view of Curitiba, taken from the Botanical Garden, one of the city's top landmarks.
- Date: 3 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
- Tags: skylines gardens parks cityscapes cities curitiba parana trees_&_flowers br-pr
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Curitiba - The Number One
This is the Garcez Building, Curitiba's first skyscraper, built in Art Deco style, in 1929. By that time, it looked monumental for a still small town. Located in the very heart of the city, the Garcez is one of its most beautiful landmarks.
- Date: 3 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Curitiba - Mother Love
Inaugurated in 1991, Curitiba's Botanical Garden is known nationwide for its greenhouse of iron and glass, inspired on the Crystal Palace of London. Here we can see the sculpture "Mother Love", by João Zaco, homage of the Polish Community to the City by the time of the 3rd Centennial of its Foundation (1993).
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Antonina
Antonina is a small town on the shores of Paranaguá Bay, State of Paraná. Once a busy port, today it is just a tourist stop, famous for its portuguese heritage, found in some of the old colonial buildings.
- Date: 2 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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Morretes III
Here is another view of Morretes, showing the Nhundiaquara River old bridge.
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Morretes II
Here is another view of the Nhundiaquara River, crossing Morretes, (Low Hills, in Portuguese), a pretty small town situated between the shores of Paranaguá Bay and the slopes of "Serra do Mar" mountain range. Morretes is famous for its delicious typical food, "Barreado".
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Morretes I
Morretes (Low Hills, in Portuguese) is a beautiful small town situated between the shores of Paranaguá Bay and the slopes of "Serra do Mar" mountain range. A scenic railroad links the place to Curitiba (Paraná state's capital), above the mountains, and to Paranaguá, a major seaport. This pic shows the Nhundiaquara River, crossing the city.
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Curitiba - Big Apple
This is Curitiba, a booming town in Southern Brazil. With more than 3 million people in its Metropolitan Area, this three centennial melting pot city becomes an important industrial center nowadays, famous for its innovative urban projects. This pic, taken from Telepar Tower (357 feet high), shows a part of Curitiba's Downtown.
- Date: 1 March 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - Ibirapuera Park
Inaugurated in 1954, Ibirapuera is São Paulo's most important urban park, a paulistanos' (São Paulo's citizens)favourite. It encompasses gardens, museums, exhibition halls and monuments. This pic shows the Monument to the Constitutional Soldier.
- Date: 27 February 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - Bandeiras Monument
One of the city's main landmarks, the "Monumento às Bandeiras" (a monument dedicated to the "Bandeiras", exploratory expeditions that occured in the first centuries of occupation of brazilian territory by the Portuguese conquerors), by famous sculptor Victor Brecheret, was inaugurated close to Ibirapuera Park, in 1953. It is made by 240 granite blocks, with about 50 tons each.
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São Paulo - Green São Paulo II
Here is a partial view of Ibirapuera Park, a green oasis in the very heart of São Paulo's South Zone. A huge metropolis, encompassing almost 20 million people, Greater São Paulo, usually known as a greyish city, has many green and beautiful areas, like this one.
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São Paulo - Green São Paulo I
A huge metropolis, encompassing almost 20 million people, Greater São Paulo is usually known as a greyish city. But it is not true: many parts of this giant are green and beautiful, like this area, southwest of Ibirapuera Park.
- Date: 26 February 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - The Indian and the City
Pery, an Indian who is one of the central personages of the opera "Il Guarany", by Carlos Gomes, seems to leave its native forest astonished with Anhangabaú Valley urban forest, in Downtown São Paulo. The statue is part of the "Monument to Carlos Gomes", by Luigi Brizzolara, gift of the Italian community to the city by the time of Brazil Independence Centennial (1922). It’s installed in the staircases of Ramos de Azevedo Square, close to the Municipal Theater.
- Date: 26 February 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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São Paulo - The "School Yard" Building
Here we can see 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, by the missionaries Manoel da Nóbrega and José de Anchieta. It encompasses a part of an adobe wall of the original School, a Historical Museum (Museu Anchieta) and a Chapel. This is the city main historical landmark.
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Rio de Janeiro - Corcovado
Here is another view of Corcovado Mountain (710 meters high) and Christ The Redeemer monument, taken from a bus stop. This "Number One" landmark can be seen from (almost) everywhere in town, like this street (Rua Humaitá), a very busy one.
- Date: 23 February 2006
- Photographer: mig13: gallery
- Location: Brazil: gallery
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