Piratini (São Gonçalo Channel)
Piratini may refer to: * Piratini (city), in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Piratini River (São Gonçalo Channel), a river in Brazil * Piratini River (Uruguay River tributary), a river in Brazil * Piratini-class patrol boat, a class of Brazilian Navy boats * Piratini Palace, the seat of Rio Grande do Sul government in Porto Alegre * TV Piratini, a television station in Porto Alegre * Piratini Republic The Riograndense Republic, often called the Piratini Republic ( or ), was a '' de facto'' state that seceded from the Empire of Brazil and roughly coincided with the present state of Rio Grande do Sul. It was proclaimed on 11 September 1836 b ...

Piratini (city)
Piratini is a city in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul with a population of some 21,000. It is the former capital of the short-lived Riograndense Republic which was proclaimed on September 11, 1836. See also * List of municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul This is a list of the municipalities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), located in the South Region of Brazil. Rio Grande do Sul is divided into 497 municipalities, which are grouped into 35 microregions, which are grouped into 7 mesoregio ... References Municipalities in Rio Grande do Sul Capitals of former nations {{RioGrandedoSul-geo-stub ...
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Piratini River (São Gonçalo Channel)
The River Piratini (Rio Piratini) is a Brazilian river in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. Until 1864 it marked, for most of its course, the accepted frontier between Uruguay and Brazil. The river rises at the watershed between the Río de la Plata Basin and the land that slopes directly to the Ocean. The headwaters are in the area of Jóia, from where the river's 120 km (75 mile) trajectory runs almost all the way to the Atlantic, separated from the ocean only by the São Gonçalo Channel and the associated lagoons on the coastal frontier separating Brazil from Uruguay. The Piratini's principal tributaries are the Santana Stream (arroyo Santana) on the right bank and the Iytuina and Capivaras Streams (arroyos Ituina & de los Carpinchos on the left bank. Along its course the Piratini separates the municipalities of Pedro Osório and Cerrito from one another. The two are linked by a railway bridge which, unlike the surrounding buildings, withstood a destruc ...
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Piratini River (Uruguay River Tributary)
The Piratini River is a river of Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. See also *List of rivers of Rio Grande do Sul List of rivers in Rio Grande do Sul ( Brazilian State). The list is arranged by drainage basin from north to south, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name and ordered from downstream to upstream. All rivers in Rio Gr ... References Brazilian Ministry of Transport Rivers of Rio Grande do Sul {{RioGrandedoSul-river-stub ...
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Piratini-class Patrol Boat
The six ''Piratini''-class patrol boats are a series of patrol vessels that were built for the Brazilian Navy at the Rio de Janeiro Navy Arsenal. Based on the United States Coast Guard design, they were built between 1970 and 1971 as coastal patrol vessels. In 1993 they were moved from coastal patrol to riverine patrol. Description Based on the United States Coast Guard design, the patrol vessels have a standard displacement of and a full load displacement of with a length between perpendiculars of , a beam of and a draught. The ships are powered by four Cummins VT-12M diesel engines driving two shafts rated at . This gives the ''Piratini'' class a maximum speed of and a range of at . The ''Piratini'' class was initially armed with a .50 calibre machine gun mount and an mortar mount. In 1988, the 81 mm mortar mount was removed. The main armament was later altered to two machine guns and one Oerlikon cannon. They were initially designed for coastal patrol. In 1 ...
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Piratini Palace
The Piratini Palace (Portuguese language, Portuguese: ''Palácio Piratini'') is the current seat of the Executive (government), Executive Branch of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. It is located at Marechal Deodoro Square, also known as the Mother Church Square, in Porto Alegre's Centro Histórico, Porto Alegre, historic center. The Piratini Palace has been the official residence of thirty-eight governors. History Piratini was built to replace the old ''Palácio de Barro'' (English: Clay Palace), which existed on the same site and had been built in 1773 by order of then governor José Marcelino de Figueiredo. By the end of the 19th century, the original building was in very bad condition, making it necessary to build a new one, which happened by order of the state president Júlio de Castilhos. The first project for the new palace was designed by architect Affonso Hebert, from the Secretariat of Public Works, and the first cornerstone was laid on October 27, 1896. How ...
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