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6314-RIO DE JANEIRO-ago-2022 by jmdias

SANTOS DUMONT TOMBSTONE

28 August 2022 - Copacabana, Brazil
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6303-RIO DE JANEIRO-ago-2022 by jmdias

Inside Saint John Baptist Cemetery in Rio there are thousands of tombstones with images of the crucified Jesus, some more simple, repetitive and made on commercial purposes, others are more creative. Here I liked the effect of the blue mosaic of the tombstone against the sky and the contrast of Redeemer with the Crucified Jesus.

28 August 2022 - Humaitá, Brazil
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6296-RIO DE JANEIRO-ago-2022 by jmdias

São João Batista Cemetery is a treasure in terms of art. I walked around three hours there, but I wouldn't get to see everything even in a whole day. There is classic tombstones, there are very simple ones, the monumental ones, the ones with different styles and there are the very different ones and the bizarre. This man, I didn't get information about him, decided to pay homage to his love to the sea life with a lighthouse and a helm. I am not sure, maybe he was a captain or so. At left we can see the most simple form of burial in Brazil, the "drawers" with an anonymous society of death people in a modern building, as in the big metropolis.

28 August 2022 - Copacabana, Brazil
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6286-RIO DE JANEIRO-ago-2022 by jmdias

It was my last half day in Rio, I took an Uber and decided to visit the largest and oldest cemetery in the city center. São João Batista cemetery was created in 1852 and has around 25,000 tombstones. There are many famous people buried there and even a map to find them, but my focus was to find beautiful and interesting artworks. Here a tombstone of a boy who died precociously, as usual Corcovado peak and Redeemer are ever present in the views.

28 August 2022 - Humaitá, Brazil
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6217- RIO DE JANEIRO- ago-22 by jmdias

My hotel was few meters away of Botafogo Bay. This is one of the most fabulous views of Rio with the Sugar Loaf and Urca Mountain in evidence, it looks magnificent, as a huge sphinx. There is a curiosity about these mountains, when Portuguese founded the city it was created in the hills in front Sugar Loaf and all those mountains were a small island, named Trindade. Soon the shallow canal was buried and during centuries the sea around the mountains were land filled and transformed in neighborhoods..

27 August 2022 - Botafogo, Brazil
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6096- RIO DE JANEIRO- ago-22 by jmdias

I was back to Rio, with a good weather this time. After lunch I walked from my hotel to Guanabara Palace, the office of governor of State of Rio de Janeiro, hundreds of meters ahead there is another palace where is located his home, inside a park, but the trees don't permit photos. This house was built by a rich man in 1853, it was purchased and renovated by imperial family and in 1865 it became the home of Princess Isabel and his husband, Count d'Eu. In 1889 when Brazilian republic was created, the palace was confiscated and the imperial family tried to get back this property for 125 years, but at the end Brazilian tribunals said no. The building as used as residence of president Getúlio Vargas, became the city hall after and when State of Guanabara was extinct it became the office of Rio de Janeiro government. Princess Isabel was the heir of Brazilian empire, she ruled Brazil for some time while her father was sick or travelling, during one of these days she signed the law giving freedom to the slaves and in some aspects, destroying the Brazilian monarchy. Her husband fought in war against Paraguay where he mixed bravery and madness with war crimes against local population. In the link you can see and old photo showing the monumental street that linked the home of the princess to the sea, adorned with hundreds of imperial palm trees, this was destroyed. https://www.facebook.com/.../a.227814.../570293576435100/...

27 August 2022 - Flamengo, Brazil
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6101- RIO DE JANEIRO- ago-22 by jmdias

I was walking across a famous region of Rio, Laranjeiras neighborhood, I passed in front the original stadium of FLUMINENSE soccer club, one of the most important soccer teams of Brazil, founded in 1902, four times champion of Brazilian championship. In one of the walls I found this mural showing CARTOLA, one of the most important composers of Brazil and that was a supporter of the team. Cartola was born in this neighborhood in 1908, he is considered as one of the most important names of Samba. Music links are not appreciated, but I attached one of his most important songs, A Vida É Um Moinho, sung by Ney Matogrosso: The lyrics are about a young woman who is near to spoils her life and is hurting the man he loves her: --- It is so early, my love the life is only beginning for you but you are just saying farewell and don't know where you will go ... Heard me carefully, love the world is a mill it will crush your petty dreams it will transform your illusions in dust... https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ce20ddb9e1b59ac9...

27 August 2022 - Catete, Brazil
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6138- RIO DE JANEIRO- ago-22 by jmdias

I walked more and more across a famous area of Rio, knowing nice corners, finding good samples of architecture and monuments and at last I was in the base of Corcovado mountain, I took the train to the Redeemer statue, it was the first time I used my age to get a lower price ticket, the guy wanted to check my documents to be sure I was so old. If you remember during my first day in Rio I was there, surrounded by fog and rain, during the mornings the statue is more beautiful to take photos, but it is afternoon you get the best photos of the landscape around. Here I was even at side of the statue and we can see Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, between the lake and the ocean is Ipanema neighborhood and in the middle of the ocean Cagarras Islands. At left, facing ocean and surrounded by mountains, is Copacabana neighborhood. You can see the layer of smoke in the sky too. Tomorrow I want to show you the landscape ate left. --- Maracanã stadium, the bridge and central Rio are visible at me back, in the opposite side of the statue, not visible here, of course.

27 August 2022 - Humaitá, Brazil
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6155- RIO DE JANEIRO- ago-22 by jmdias

This is the frontal space of Corcovado peak, behind me was the statue of Redeemer. You can see people getting space to take selfies and in the place where I was there were many people in the stairs with open arms imitating the Christ. The view ahead is probably the most famous of Brazil. You are able to recognize Sugar Loaf. Copacabana is behind the mountain range at right. You can see a cemetery at right too, I will show it soon. Near Sugar Loaf if Botafogo bay, at left Flamengo and Laranjeiras neighborhoods, the cradle of three of the most famous soccer teams of Brazil. In the other side of Guanabara bay you have Niterói, facing the Sugar Loaf we can see a precious fort