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Feira Do Açaí
The Feira do Açaí (Açaí Fair in English) is a public trading post, an open-air Marketplace, market for the commercialization of Açaí palm, açaí, a small port area, and a set of bars, which is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex, located on the shores of the Guajará Bay in the district of Cidade Velha (Belém), Cidade Velha, in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. The fair is surrounded by Castelo Forte (Castle-Fort; built in 1616), Praça do Relógio (Clock Square), and Doca das Embarcações (Vessels' Dock; fish fair est. 1803). The fair supplies the city via river with fruit ''in natura'' from the açaí palm, coming from the Ribeirinhos, riverside communities that live in the insular area of Belém, with 329.9361 km2 composed of forty-two islands. The place offers tourists the sight of the movement (comings and goings) of the porters and vendors with their pots full of fruit. Açaí has a deep impact on the region's population, with a consumption in liters twice as hi ... [...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] |
Indigenous Peoples In Brazil
Indigenous peoples in Brazil or Native Brazilians () are the peoples who lived in Brazil before European contact around 1500 and their descendants. Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples once comprised an estimated 2,000 district tribes and nations inhabiting what is now Brazil. The 2010 Brazil census recorded 305 ethnic groups of Indigenous people who spoke 274 Indigenous languages of the Americas, Indigenous languages; however, almost 77% speak Portuguese language, Portuguese. Historically, many Indigenous peoples of Brazil were semi-nomadic and combined hunting, fishing, and hunter-gatherer, gathering with migratory agriculture. Many tribes were massacred by European settlers, and others assimilated into the growing European population Brazilians, Brazilian population. The Indigenous population was decimated by European diseases, declining from a pre-Columbian high of 2 million to 3 million to approximately 300,000 by 1997, distributed among 200 tribes. Accor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siqueira Campos Square
The Siqueira Campos Square ( Portuguese: ''Praça Siqueira Campos'') or Clock Square (''Praça do Relógio'') is a public space located at the Ver-o-Peso Dock, in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará. The site, which is known for housing a huge English clock, comprises a total area of 2,727.45m², 1,246.78m² of paved area and 1,480.67m² of green area. History The site chosen for the square was a vacant lot that became known as ''Praça dos Aliados'' (English: Allies Square) after the demolition of the building that existed on the area. The name comes from Lieutenant Siqueira Campos, a soldier who fought in the Copacabana Fort Revolt. The monument in the center of the square is a clock built in 1930 by the English company J.W. Benson. and donated by Intendant Antonio Faciola. It measures 12 meters high, is made of iron and features four lamps in a central clock. The square also has four old iron lampposts made by Macfarlaine in 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meat Market, Belém
The Francisco Bolonha Municipal Meat Market ( Portuguese: ''Mercado Municipal de Carnes Francisco Bolonha''), Bolonha Market (''Mercado Bolonha'') or simply Meat Market (''Mercado de Carne''), is a structure built in 1867 that belongs to the Ver-o-Peso Complex. It is located in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará, on Boulevard Castilhos França, in the neighborhood of Campina (or Comércio). Inside the market there are several types of stands selling meat, meals (breakfast and lunch), handicrafts, Umbanda articles, drinks and more. History Strategically located near the mouth of the Amazon River, Belém was the region's largest trading post for products extracted from the Amazon area destined for local and international markets, such as ''drogas do sertão'' and low-priced meat from the herds on Marajó Island, besides being the point of arrival for European products. In 1848, the beach area of Guajará Bay and Igarapé do Piri was landfilled to create the ''Rua Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
