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Estação Das Docas
The Estação das Docas (English: Docks Station) is a Brazilian tourist-cultural complex and multi-environmental space created in 2000. It is located in the Campina (Belém), Campina neighborhood, in Belém, the capital of Pará, and was originally built as part of the city's port. It is currently managed by the Pará 2000 Social Organization. History The Estação das Docas is the result of restoration work on three warehouses in the old port of Belém, which replaced the precarious Ver-o-Peso Dock, Ver-o-Peso and Reduto (Belém), Reduto docks. In 1909, the first 120-meter stretch of quay and a 2,000 m2 warehouse were built in English iron with steam engines powering the site's equipment, typical of the architecture of the second half of the 1800s. External Crane (machine), cranes were manufactured in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century. The site features the ruins of the São Pedro Nolasco Fort (also known as the Bastion of Our Lady of Mercy), originally bu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belém
Belém (; Portuguese for Bethlehem; initially called Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão-Pará, in English Our Lady of Bethlehem of Great Pará), often called Belém of Pará, is the capital and largest city of the state of Pará in the north of Brazil. It is the gateway to the Amazon River with a busy port, airport, and bus/coach station. Belém lies approximately 100 km (62.1 miles) upriver from the Atlantic Ocean, on the Pará River, which is part of the greater Amazon River system, separated from the larger part of the Amazon delta by ''Ilha de Marajó'' ( Marajo Island). With an estimated population of 1,303,403 people — or 2,491,052, considering its metropolitan area — it is the 12th most populous city in Brazil, as well as the 16th by economic relevance. It is the second largest in the North Region, second only to Manaus, in the state of Amazonas. Founded in 1616 by the Kingdom of Portugal, Belém was the first European colony on the Amazon but did not become ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
