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Cecília Colony
Cecília Colony ( pt, Colônia Cecília) was an experimental commune based on anarchist principles. The colony was founded in 1890, in the municipality of Palmeira, Paraná, Palmeira, in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná, by a group of libertarians mobilized by the Italian writer and agronomist Giovanni Rossi (anarchist), Giovanni Rossi. The foundation of Cecília Colony was the first effective attempt to implement anarchism in Brazil. Rossi, an anarchist writer, was instigated by the Brazilian musician Antônio Carlos Gomes, Carlos Gomes to seek audience with Pedro II of Brazil, Pedro II for the purpose of establishing a libertarian community capable of propelling a "utopia, new time". Interested in the colonization of Brazil, Pedro II met the request and wrote Rossi offering lands in the South Region, Brazil, Southern Region to be occupied by Italian Brazilians, Italians. But this donation, in fact, did not happen: shortly after their supply by the emperor, the First Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palmeira, Paraná
Palmeira is a municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... in the state of Paraná in Brazil, in the micro-region of Ponta Grossa. It is situated at south latitude 25º25'46" and west longitude 50º00'23", at an altitude of 865 meters and 70 km (43 mi) from the state's capital, Curitiba. Its population as of 2020 was 33,994 inhabitants. Its area is of approximately 1465,1 km² (5656.8 mi²). With the construction of the Caminho de Viamão in the eighteenth century, many villages were springing up in the Campos Gerais region. With the defined settlement immigrants came. The Russian-Germans in 1878, the Poles in 1888 and the Italians in 1890 led by Giovanni Rossi, with the latter formed the first anarchist colony of America, Cecilia Colony. And, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |