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Grão-Pará Province
Grão-Pará may refer to: * Grão Pará, a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina in the South region of Brazil. *Grão-Pará Ecological Station, the largest strictly protected tropical forest conservation area in the world * Palácio do Grão-Pará, a palace in the city of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil * Prince of Grão-Pará, the title of the eldest son of the Prince Imperial of Brazil *State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão, one of the Brazilian states of the Portuguese Empire (1751–1772) *State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro The State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro () was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. History The state was created in 1772 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the Secretary of the State for Joseph I of ...
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Grão Pará
Grão-Pará is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the states of Brazil, state of Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina in the South Region, Brazil, South region of Brazil. The municipality contains part of the Serra Furada State Park, created in 1980. See also *List of municipalities in Santa Catarina *Grão-Pará (other) References

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Grão-Pará Ecological Station
The Grão-Pará Ecological Station ( is a strictly protected Ecological station (Brazil), ecological station in the state of Pará, Brazil. It is managed by the state of Pará. With of well-preserved Amazon rainforest, it is the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit in the world. Location The Grão-Pará Ecological Station is on the left bank of the Amazon River in the west of the state of Pará. It contains parts of the basins of the Maicuru River, Maicuru, Curuá River (Amazon River), Curuá, Cuminapanema River, Cuminapanema, Erepecuru River, Erepecuru, Trombetas River, Trombetas and Mapuera River, Mapuera rivers. It has an area of , which makes it the largest fully protected tropical forest conservation unit on the planet. The unit covers parts of the municipalities of Oriximiná (75.89%), Alenquer, Pará, Alenquer (13.31%), Óbidos, Pará, Óbidos (7.36%) and Monte Alegre, Pará, Monte Alegre (3.44%). Its boundaries are: *North: Tumucumaque Mountains Nation ...
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Palácio Do Grão-Pará
The Palace of the Grand Pará ( Portuguese: ''Palácio do Grão-Pará'') is a royal palace located in the city of Petrópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is currently the only palace still belonging to the Brazilian Imperial Family, being the only royal palace in the Americas occupied by a royal family. History Imperial period Originally built as a guesthouse for the seminarians and priests to the Imperial Court, it became a residence of the Imperial Family. It is located behind the former summer Imperial Palace of Pedro II of Brazil ''Don (honorific), Dom'' PedroII (Pedro de Alcântara João Carlos Leopoldo Salvador Bibiano Francisco Xavier de Paula Leocádio Miguel Gabriel Rafael Gonzaga; 2 December 1825 – 5 December 1891), nicknamed the Magnanimous (), was the List o ... (1840–1889). The palace was designed by the architect of the Emperor Theodore Marx, with the contribution of de Araújo Porto Alegre. The building has a neoclassical architectur ...
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Prince Of Grão-Pará
The Prince of Grão-Pará was the title bestowed on the eldest son of the Prince Imperial of Brazil. It was inspired and was analogous to the title of Prince of Beira, bestowed on the eldest son of the Prince Royal of Portugal. The title holder was the second in the line of succession to the throne of the Empire of Brazil, after the Prince Imperial. The title was established by article 105 of the 1824 Brazilian Constitution, which read: :''O Herdeiro do Imperio terá o Titulo de "Principe Imperial" e o seu Primogenito o de "Principe do Grão Pará" todos os mais terão o de "Principes". O tratamento do Herdeiro será o de "Alteza Imperial" e o mesmo será o do Principe do Grão Pará: os outros Principes terão o Tratamento de Alteza.'' :(The heir presumptive of the Empire will have the title of "Prince Imperial" and his first born son the title of "Prince of Grão-Pará", all the others shall have that of "Prince". The style of the heir presumptive and the Prince of Grão-Par� ...
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State Of Grão-Pará And Maranhão
The State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão () was one of the states of the Portuguese Empire. History The state was created on 31 July 1751 by order of Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, the Secretary of the State for Joseph I of Portugal. The state was the successor to the State of Maranhão. While there were limited territorial changes, Maranhão was politically and economically restructured and its capital was moved from São Luís, in the Captaincy of Maranhão, to Santa Maria de Belém, in the Captaincy of Pará, which was raised to a unified state with Maranhão and had its name changed to Grão-Pará ( English: Great wide river). The purpose of creating this state was to stimulate economic activities. In 1772, the state was split into two different states, the State of Grão-Pará and Rio Negro and the State of Maranhão and Piauí The State of Maranhão and Piauí ( Portuguese: ''Estado do Maranhão e Piauí'') was one of the states of t ...
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