Glória (meaning ''Glory'' in English) is a

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in the city of

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, the state capital of

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, in

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. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959, but had its limits modified by Law 2681 from December 21, 1963. The ''arraial'' (

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) of Glória was created in the 19th century, when the Silveira Nunes family donated to the

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a big property, in which two parallel roads were constructed - today Carlos Barbosa and Oscar Pereira avenues. The neighbourhood

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comes from a lady called Maria da Glória, married to a

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whose big house was a landmark in the region. In 1915, the ''Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Glória'' was built. Glória is home to two private schools of Porto Alegre, the Marista Assunção and Nossa Senhora da Glória schools.

Notable residents

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References

External links

Porto Alegre City Homepage
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