#historybrazil

The history of the temple begins in the 16th century, when Rio de Janeiro was a small village, with buildings concentrated in the region between Morro do Castelo and Morro de São Bento. These two hills

Barra da Tijuca as a neighborhood and urban area has a recent history. The place only began to develop urbanistically and gain momentum in the 1970s, when the Barra Shopping Mall and the large condominiums

Franklin Roosevelt Square, better known simply as Roosevelt Square, is a square located in the central area of the Brazilian city of São Paulo, between Consolação and Augusta Streets. It was officially

formerly, the largo da segunda feira was part of the Jesuit lands, which were put up for sale by the colonial government and acquired by manuel luis vieira, in 1762. What was there was a cane field, cut

During the late 18th century and most of the 19th century, the region where today stands the district of Gamboa was one of the favorite places of Rio's aristocracy. The proximity of the sea, the port,