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Boulevard Castilhos França, originally called Rua Nova do Imperador and Boulevard da República, is a street located in the Campina neighborhood, on the shores of
Guajará Bay Guajará Bay ( Portuguese: ''Baía do Guajará'') is formed by the confluence of the mouths of the Guamá and Acará rivers, which border the municipalities of Barcarena and Belém, the capital of Pará. Its waters flow into Marajó Bay and end ...
, in the Brazilian city of
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 B ...
, capital of the state of
Pará Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
. Created in 1848, it is one of Belém's first wide thoroughfares. In 1930, it was renamed Boulevard Castilhos França in honor of Navy Commander Eurico de Castilhos França.


History

Boulevard Castilhos França is one of the first broad roads in the city of Belém. It started with the landfill of the Guajará Bay beach area, located next to the commercial customs house, and incorporated
Art Nouveau Art Nouveau ( ; ; ), Jugendstil and Sezessionstil in German, is an international style of art, architecture, and applied art, especially the decorative arts. It was often inspired by natural forms such as the sinuous curves of plants and ...
elements. The works evolved from the enrichment of Belém during the golden age of
rubber Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, ''caucho'', or ''caoutchouc'', as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic compounds. Types of polyisoprene ...
in the Amazon. At the end of the 19th century, during the
Belle Époque The Belle Époque () or La Belle Époque () was a period of French and European history that began after the end of the Franco-Prussian War in 1871 and continued until the outbreak of World War I in 1914. Occurring during the era of the Fr ...
period, urban interventions modernized the features of the street to reflect the new elite 's desire to appear progressive and connected in the European style. It had to overcome colonial standards with technical urbanism, applying hygienic and social control measures and distancing the poor from the urban limits. At the time, the site featured constructions lined only on the left side and a series of wharves located on the shores of Guajará Bay, which became established after navigation opened up in the Amazon RIver. Boulevard Castilhos França is approximately 756.18 meter long. It starts at the old 15 de Agosto Lane, now Presidente Vargas Avenue, at 17 meters wide, and ends at the Companhia Lane, now Portugal Avenue, with a width of 10.67 meters.


Historical heritage

Boulevard Castilhos França integrates the architectural and landscape complex of Ver-o-Peso, listed by
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(IPHAN) in 1977, which covers an area of 35,000 square meters and includes several historic buildings, including the Francisco Bolonha Municipal Meat Market, the
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 Dock, the Açaí Fair, the Castle Slope and the Solar da Beira, the
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 original ...
and the Fisherman's Square.


See also

* Culture and tourism in Belém


References

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