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Itapuã State Park
The Itapuã State Park ( pt, Parque Estadual de Itapuã) is a State park (Brazil), state park in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It protects a promontory to the east of the mouth of the Guaíba Lake where it enters the Patos Lagoon south of the state capital of Porto Alegre. The promontory contains samples of the original environment of the area, including a small lagoon, various historical relics, and beaches. Location The Itapuã State Park is located in the south of the Itapuã District of the municipality of Viamão, Rio Grande do Sul. It is on a promontory bounded to the south and east by Patos Lagoon and to the west by Guaíba River, Lake Guaíba. As of 1996 the park covered . The park is from Porto Alegre, the state capital. It has the objective of protecting natural beauty and resources, especially flora and fauna, and protecting sites of historical and archaeological value in the region. History The word ''Itapuã'' is of Guarani language, Guarani origin, and m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viamão
Viamão is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. In size it is the largest municipality in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the seventh most populous in the state. The origin of the name Viamão is controversial. The more common explanation is that atop the hills of the region it is possible to see the Guaíba River and its five inlets: Jacuí, Caí, Gravataí, Taquari and Rio dos Sinos, which form an open hand. This is said to have lent the city its name -from the phrase "Vi a mão," meaning, "I saw the hand." History In the 18th century the region of the modern state Rio Grande do Sul was a trade route between the cities Sorocaba and Colônia do Sacramento. Various colonists created cattle ranches and plantations here. In 1725, Cosme da Silveira, a member of Captain João de Magalhães' fleet, settled in the Viamão region. He was joined by Francisco Carvalho da Cunha in 1741, who created the Estância Grande site, where the church of Nossa Senhora da Conceição ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
