Catedral Metropolitana de Belém

The first church in Bethlehem was built temporarily inside the Fort of the Nativity and it was dedicated to Our Lady of Grace. A few years later was transferred to the current Cathedral Square, in a precarious construction. In the following century, in 1719, the Diocese of Maranhao is broken at the request of D. John V and Bethlehem is to host the newly created Diocese of Para, earning the right to honor to his Episcopal church.

The works of the current building, constructed in the same place as the early church began in the year 1748. Around this time the general layout of the church and the lower levels of the facade, including the main portal of feature baroque Pombal. After several interruptions, the direction of the work was taken in 1755 by Antonio Jose Landi, Italian architect came to Bethlehem in 1753, which left vast work in the region. Landi finished the facade, adding the two towers and pediment. Towers, similar to the Church of Mercy in Bethlehem, also designed by Landi, have no parallels in the Luso-Brazilian world and are inspired by models Bolognese, home region of the architect. The stately pediment, flanked by neoclassical pyramidal pinnacles, has a profile more baroque-rococo and contains a niche with a statue of Our Lady. The construction was fully completed in 1782.

In 1882, the interior decoration of the church underwent a radical overhaul ordered by Bishop Antonio de Macedo Costa, when the cathedral has undergone a major change. The original altarpiece, authored by Landi, was character and embodied a rococo painting of Our Lady of Grace written by the eighteenth-century Portuguese painter Pedro de Carvalho Alexandrian. As far as painting the altarpiece are now lost and are known only through drawings.

The current main altar was created in Rome by Luca Carimini in the nineteenth century, while the paintings that decorate the interior were made by the Italian Domenico de Angelis and Giusepe Capranesi. The great organ, the workshop of French Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, was installed in 1882, being the largest organ in Latin America.

The Sé Cathedral of Bethlehem was elevated to the seat of the archdiocese in 1906.

The cathedral is an important part of the traditional celebration of the Cirio de Nazare, the largest procession in the western world. After a Mass in the cathedral, the statue of Our Lady of Nazareth part in a procession from the Cathedral to the Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth, accompanied by hundreds of thousands of people.

After several years without being subjected to serious measures of conservation, which has deteriorated quite a few aspects of its structure and artistic, the Metropolitan Cathedral of Bethlehem was eventually subjected to restoration in 2005, was reopened to the public on September 1 2009.

by Amanda B. de Sousa 31 de maio de 2010 11:17

Candle of Belém do Pará - History

The devotion to Our Lady of Nazareth began in Portugal. Original image belonged to the Monastery of the Virgin of kaolin, Spain, and had left the town of Nazareth in Israel, in the year 361, having been carved by St. Joseph As a result of a battle, the image was taken to Portugal, where for a long time, was hidden in the Peak of St. Bartholomew. Only in 1119, the picture was found. The news spread and many people began to venerate the Holy. Since then, many miracles were attributed to it.

In Pará, was the Indian Placido José de Souza whom he met in 1700 on the banks of the stream Murutucú (where today stands the Basilica Shrine), a small image of Our Lady of Nazareth. After the find, Placido would have taken the picture for your cottage and the next day, she was no longer there. He ran to the venue and there was little pamphlets. That would have been repeated several times until the image is sent to the Government Palace. At the site of the find, Placido built a small chapel.

In 1792, the Vatican has authorized the holding of a procession in honor of the Virgin of Nazareth, in Belém do Pará Organized by the President of the Province of Para, Captain-General Don Francisco de Souza Coutinho, the first candle was held on September 8 1793. In the beginning, there was no fixed date for the Candle, which could occur during September, October or November. But from 1901, for determination of Bishop Francisco do Rego Maia, the procession began to be held always the second Sunday of October.

by Amanda B. de Sousa 31 de maio de 2010 11:10

Forte do Castelo

This mark of Belém was originally named Fort do Presépio, when it was made of wood and straw, in 1616. In 1622 it was rebuilt in a more solid fashion.

Currently, it houses a museus and offers a panoramic view of Guajará bay. After the last restauration, the name of this historic building reverted to Forte do Presépio.

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Photo: Leonardo Valadares

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Belém of the Amazon: Scents, Flavors and Mysteries

Belém, the capital city of Pará, is the principal gateway to the region. It is also one of Brazil’s five largest metropolitan regions. With more than ten thousand trees – mostly mango-trees which form green tunnels even along the streets that carry most of the traffic, and açaí palm trees, Belém offers an array of excursions and tourist events, dozens of cinemas and theatres, including on one Brazil’s biggest and most beautiful theatre houses; open spaces along the rivers that surround the city; eight different environmental parks, important museums and hundreds of cultural and lisure options. For more than 200 years, in each month of October, the city has hosted one of the world's biggest religious events: the Holy Lady of Nazareth Cndle Procession.

The Ver-o-Peso Market, a huge riverfront street market with a mooring port that receives many ships with hundreds of products every day. The name comes from the ancient check points of merchandise inspection.

The Ver-o-Peso Market is a landmark of Belém with its over five hundred species of fishes, countless fruits, craftsmanship and the exotic ladies who sell spells and enchantments, reinforcing the fables and mysteries of Amazonia.

A ride through the Republic and Batista Campos squares, the mango tree tunnels in the Nazaré and Presidente Vargas avenues and the Rodrigues Alves Park (photo) reveal the deep concern with tree coverage and the soothing from the strong tropical heat, which provides a few hours of a delicious and refreshing rain shower.

Located some fifty-four kilometers away from Belém, the island of Mosqueiro has a plethora of river-bathed beaches with waves, completing the harmonious scenery of contrasts and beauties.

These are cultural spaces based on museum concepts covering the city’s bonds with its architecture and history. Close to the Ver-o-Peso Market is the Estação das Docas (photo), with over 32,000 m2, completely air-conditioned, 500 meters of sidewalk by the Guajará Bay, three modernized old warehouses and one dock which belonged to the Port of Belém, restaurants, art galleries, a small brewery, ice-cream shops, handicraft stands, typical food kiosks, coffee bars, a space for fairs and events, a theatre for 400 spectators and a tourist harbor.

During the construction phase, some archeological objects were found that belonged to the small São Pedro Nolasco Fort, a military facility dating back to 1665, which was completely ruined after the Cabanagem War, in 1835. After a minute rescue work, an amphitheatre and an open air mirador were built at the site.

Another must-see is the Pólo Joalheiro, a building dating back to 1749, which was initially a convent and later became a gunpowder deposit, a headquarter, a pottery plant, a hospital, a city jail and a penitentiary.

Now, it has been completely refurbished and houses a Gems Museum, the Jewelry Workshop and the Craftsman House, hence becoming a place of reference for research and culture, thus fostering the production of jewelry by Amazonian designers.

A ride to the old residence of the governors of Pará, revitalized and becoming the Parque da Residência will astonish for housing, in one 12,000 m2 cultural and tourist complex, the Secretary of Culture, an amphitheater, a restaurant, an ice-cream shop in a 19th Century train car, a plaza, a cultural products store, and orchid keeping stand, an European bandstand and the Gasômetro Station, a theater for 400 people built with English iron from the 19th Century.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

ECO-TOURISM - MARAJÓ

Marajó - Rural and Wild

On the Marajó Island, it is hard to tell where rural life ends and the wildlife begins. Cattle and buffalos (photo) live together in harmony with herons, which peck insects from their furs, and with capybaras. The rich Amazonian biodiversity is everywhere, even in the country farms of this island, located at the mouth of the Amazon River and which is part of a large archipelago of the same name.

From February through May, the rains flood the pasture fields and land vehicles are replaced by water vehicles, using the same roads and amid exuberant vegetation. From May through January, sightseeing of the island will take you both to fresh water beaches and to vestiges of pre-Columbian civilizations. The starting points for so much adventure are Soure and Salvaterra, twin towns located east of the Marajó Island.

In the same archipelago is the Caviana Island, with an area of 5 square kilometers, and the best site for watching the ‘pororoca’, the encounter of the waters of the Amazon River and of the Atlantic Ocean in April and September. There is also the Mexiana Island, equipped with a resort specialized in ecotourism, the right place for a direct contact with the Amazon jungle and the great ‘sea-river’.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

PARÁ'S CUISINE

The State of Pará is mysterious and rich as well as fascinating and unknown. The magic and myths about the forest make up natural scenario that is typical of its people.

The powerful Indian culture extracts colors, scents, flavors and native tastes from the nature for a rich and exotic cuisine, adding up to the most authentic of regional cuisines, captivating and surprising.

Duck in 'tucupi' sauce –Speaking of ducks is useless, since there are ducks everywhere; but when it is made with ‘tucupi’, it becomes, perhaps, the most famous delicacy of Pará, one that never misses the local dining tables on special occasions, especially at the time of the Círio de Nazaré.

In order to prepare it, the duck must be roasted, cut into pieces and cooked with tucupi, which is previously boiled with garlic, endives and basil. Then, previously boiled ‘jambu’ (a typical vegetable) leaves are added. The duck in tucupi sauce is served with white rice, manioc flour and pepper.

Tacacá –Of all the local delicacies, tacacá is one of the most popular, not only in restaurants, but also at any corner of the city, in the dusk, between 4 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon, because it’s when the tropical heat starts to appease and the people get out on the streets in such a remarkable ritual looking for the nearest street stall to sit on wooden chairs and wait for the tacacá vendor to serve it in a wooden bowl called ‘cuia’. Tacacá is a mixture of gum, tucupi, jambu and dry shrimps, and is served either with or without pepper.

Cupuaçu -It comes from a wild plant found on the Amazonian woods. Cupuaçu is easily identified by its smell and sour taste and it’s highly appreciated both by local people and by tourists. Its pulp is also extracted to make juices, candies, jellies, liquors, ice creams and candies.

Crab – Crab is a very popular dish in the Pará’s cuisine, and is only found in swamps. Its meat, well tempered, can be served in different forms: as a shell, the so-called unha (the claws) or toc-toc. It’s a traditional local delicacy.

Pirarucu –The name pirarucu, in the Indian language Tupi means “red fish”; it’s a river fish and one of the most desired fish throughout the Amazon region. Also known as “the Amazon’s codfish”, its meat is very nutritive and can be prepared with coconut milk, grilled or roasted, as you will, and it is one of the northerners’ favorite dishes.

Maniçoba - Maniçoba is one of the highlights of our cuisine. Its preparation is long and its final appearance is quite surprising for those who never tried it due to the dark look of the cooked maniva (ground manioc leaves).

But this first impression ends pretty soon, after you taste the meal and its awkward ingredients. The maniçoba is served either in pottery dishes or in ordinary ones; it can be eaten with rice or only with manioc flour and pepper.

Açaí - It’s a palm tree from the regional flora, with a long thin stem.

Açaí is also known as Jussara, is purple-colored and has a delicious taste. It has been appreciated by the local population for a long time, but lately it has reached national recognition for its energetic qualities.

After being pulped in a pulp mill, it can be served with ‘tapioca’ or manioc flour, with or without sugar, cold or natural, as a complement to pirarucu or dry fried meat, dry shrimp or in any way you want to have it with.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

Sport Fishing in Pará

The State of Pará, in the heart of Brazil, has some of the most expressive fishing rivers such as the Tapajós, Trombetas, Xingu, Araguaia-Tocantis, São Benedito, Jari, amongst others, besides the uncountable lakes and ponds, a coast of unmatched beauty and the Amazon delta, at the mouth of the Amazon River, where the Island of Marajó is located.

With all its rivers, lakes and coast, this region is teeming with fish and the most remarkable characteristic of fishing in Pará is the amazing abundance of species. The fishing tourist will be able to go to untouched areas and get to feel the strength of the tucunaré (peacock bass) catching the bait of his fishing rod, bouncing around in the air, stirring the water with its shiny body.

At the surf of the rainfalls and at the bustling waterways, he will face up the voracious ‘cachorra’ with its huge tusks and battle other fighting fish, like the leaping barracuda or the aggressive ‘matrinxã’.

The heavy and powerful ‘jaú’ will give the fishing tourist the memoires of a lifetime with its escape attempts, dragging your line and your bait to the bottom of the river, not to mention the piranhas and the ‘trairão’, with its pre-historic aspect, and the marine species such as the tarpon, the yellow ‘pescada’ and the ‘cavala’.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

ECOTOURISM

Nature right next to you

Ecotourism in Pará is part of the daily life. And it is no wonder. After all, you are in the Amazon. In the Belém metropolitan region alone, there are five environmental parks, and, in any one of them, the splendid Amazonian flora will treat you with unforgettable surprises. And you will enjoy the unique experience of being in the jungle under the rain.

In the urban zone of Belém, with a population of over one million, 500 different bird species have been already classified, and are totally integrated in the life of the city. Among these species, parakeets, “sabiás” (song-thrushes), “curiós” (finches), “sanhaços” (tanagers) and hawks fight for space and food in the thick canopies of the mango-trees and “samaueiras” (kapoc-trees), and in the amazing number of fruit palm-trees – “açaí’, “pupunha” and “bacaba”, among others – that cover the city with a lush green vegetation.

Belém Environmental Park (Utinga)

With an area of over 13.4 square kilometers, it is one of the largest Environmental Protection Areas located within a metropolitan region all over Brazil. Within this park, there are the springs that supply water to Belém and also the Bolonha and Água Preta lakes. The springs are located within a forest that shelters a large number of mammals, birds, fish, insects, reptiles and chelonians, whose footprints can be spotted along the trails, in the guided tours.

Belém Ecological Park

The Park, with an area of 0.44 square kilometer, is aimed at environmental education and is also open for visits and cultural activities. It is a breathing space for the city and a didactic showcase of life in the Amazônia.

The Emílio Goeldi Zoobotanical Park

Located in the heart of the town, the Park houses samples of scientifically organized and classified Amazon flora and fauna. It is the ideal place for those who want to have a preview of what awaits them during their adventures in the Amazônia.

Mosqueiro Island Municipal Park

The municipality of Belém has approximately 60 islands, and the Mosqueiro Island is one of them. The Municipal Park, which is considered a preservation unit, has an area of 1.9 square kilometer and is formed by three islands covered with lowland forests (floodplains of the major white-water rivers of the Amazon), with patches of secondary forest. Guided tours within the Park are allowed along 3 kilometers of trails.

Gunma Ecological Park

Still within the Metropolitan region, in the municipality of Santa Bárbara, is the Gunma Ecological Park covering an overall area of 5.4 square kilometers. The Park has 4 square kilometers of primary forest. Hiking in the trails is allowed, and intense educational activities are conducted in partnership with Japanese counterparts.

Atlantic Amazônia. Sea and Jungle

The Atlantic Amazônia – entirely located in the State of Pará – offers a mix of sea and forest unmatched by any other region in the word – the mix of biodiversity.

The coastline of Pará coastline is where birds stop to rest during their long trip between the Antarctic and the arctic, in islands covered with tropical forest and surrounded by plentiful sea fauna.

Also, The coastline of Pará has one of the largest and richest extensions of mangroves in the whole planet, interspersed with wild beaches with fine white sand. The mangroves occupy an area of over 100 kilometers long, with an average width of 20 kilometers, offering spectacular sceneries.

Bragança. Beaches and mangroves

Located some 200 kilometers from Belém, with access by road and good tourist infrastructure, Bragança is a town dating back to the colonial period and is the starting point for the tours to the mangroves and to the beautiful Ajuruteua Beach.
One of the greatest attractions of the place is fishing in the “paranás” (small waterways created by islands on the course of the main river) that cut across a primitive and exuberant landscape, full of small animals and home to communities descending from the Tupinambá Indians. These communities keep alive a rich folklore that explains and interprets the surrounding nature.

Canela and Itaranajá. Bird Cradles

The Canela island – close to the Bragança coast – is an Environmental Protection Area and part of a group of islands that shelter migratory birds. In the Canela Island specifically there are thousands of nests of “guarás” (red, long-legged birds resembling flamingos) that breed there. It is one of the largest nesting places in the world.

On the coast of Salinópolis – a sophisticated bathing resort 200 kilometers away from Belém – is Itaranajá. A small oceanic island full of nests of herons, guarás, wood-peckers, “arirambas” (king-fishers), and wild ducks. At dawn and at dusk, the flight of the flocks offer a spectacle that, by itself, is worth the trip.

Urumajó. Cradle of turtles

Located in the municipality of Augusto Correa, on the border with Maranhão, Urumajó is a portion of the vast mangrove that covers part of the coastline of Pará. This Environmental Protection Area holds an immense diversity of typical flora, and is the place chosen by the sea turtles to lay their eggs, on long beaches swept by winds, under the equatorial sun. Being a wild area of difficult access, it is ideal for those who look for peace and quiet.

Marajó. Rural and Wild

On the Marajó Island, it is hard to tell where rural life ends and the wildlife begins. Cattle and buffalos (photo) live together in harmony with herons, which peck insects from their furs, and with capybaras. The rich Amazonian biodiversity is everywhere, even in the country farms of this island, located at the mouth of the Amazon River and which is part of a large archipelago of the same name.

From February through May, the rains flood the pasture fields and land vehicles are replaced by water vehicles, using the same roads and amid exuberant vegetation. From May through January, sightseeing of the island will take you both to fresh water beaches and to vestiges of pre-Columbian civilizations. The starting points for so much adventure are Soure and Salvaterra, twin towns located east of the Marajó Island.

In the same archipelago is the Caviana Island, with an area of 5 square kilometers, and the best site for watching the ‘pororoca’, the encounter of the waters of the Amazon River and of the Atlantic Ocean in April and September. There is also the Mexiana Island, equipped with a resort specialized in ecotourism, the right place for a direct contact with the Amazon jungle and the great ‘sea-river’.

Experience the jungle

Several biodiversity preserves are located in Pará. These preserves are stretches of forest, chosen for being sanctuaries to unique species. The National Forests, the Parks and the preserves offer the ecotourists a wide array of options, in each one, the experience of biodiversity presents a new face.

Caxiuanã National Forest – 300 square kilometers of dense forest, accessible only by boats leaving from Belém. In this forest lies the Emílio Goeldi's jungle-base, where researches may be developed at a site where nature remains untouched.

Tapajós National Forest – Located in the Central Region of the Brazilian Amazon, in the west of Pará, the Tapajós National Forest, headquartered in Santarém, has an area estimated in 6 square kilometers.
Universities and scientific institutions develop research on the peoples who have lived in the area for hundreds of years. The area is accessible by road.

Saracá-Taquera National Forest – Located to the west of Oriximiná city, with an area of 4.3 square kilometers, and accessible only by boat along the Trombetas River, this National Forest offers canoeing, sport fishing, and trails for hiking, and houses of population groups descending from the “quilombos” (communities of run-away slaves).

Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest –with an area of 1. 9 square kilometers and is located between the municipalities of Marabá and São Felix do Xingu, in the south of Pará. Large predators, such as jaguars, can be found in the region.

The thrill of the land

Mountains, caves and life in ancient times. This trilogy, amid the Amazonian forest of Pará, offers an endless string of surprises. Pará has three hilly regions, and each has peculiar characteristics, affording new sceneries and new thrills at each footstep.

City of the Gods –A gigantic formation of calcareous rocks, eroded by water and wind, arises in the middle of the dense forest. It is the city gods, in the municipality of Alenquer, North of the Amazon River, where ancient peoples left inscriptions and rupestrian paintings, and where figures sculpted by natures generated legends and myths over the course of time.

Ererê Hills –The indigenous word meaning “once more, good-bye” is the name of a ridge full of cliffs and caves covered with fascinating rupestrian inscriptions and paintings, portraying mystical figures, and dating back to over 12 thousand years. The inscriptions are representations of the sun, the moon and other elements relating to the cosmos. The place is located in the municipality of Monte Alegre, North of the Amazon River.

Paituna Hills –Or Pay-tuna, green water lake, in the Tupi language. Caves offer subterranean landscapes of great beauty, enhanced by panels of rupestrian paintings. On the top of the hill, the Pedra do Palão (Palão Stone), a large rock formation sculpted by the wind, stirs human curiosity. Also located in the municipality of Monte Alegre.

Serra dos Martírios/Andorinhas State Park –located in the southeast of Pará, in the municipality of São Geraldo do Araguaia, with an area of 250,000 square meters, these hills house 80 archeological sites with over 5,000 rupestrian paintings and engravings, with an estimated age of 8,300 years. There are 36 smaller and 26 larger caves, and 28 waterfalls. The area is home to hundreds of species of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and fish, also holding an extraordinary vegetal diversity. In this enchanted landscape, 16 population groups of fauna, and 3 of flora are preserved.

Buritirama Hills Still in the southeast of Pará, next to the Itacaiúnas River, in the Preto River region, the Buritirama Hills house archeological sites and geological resources still unknown to researchers. The Casa da Cultura Foundation has already identified 107 plant species, 40 of which are orchids, and 211 species of vertebrate animals were catalogued, 11 of which are included in the endangered species list. In the archeological field, 13 sites ware discovered and documented.

A surprise with Nature's enormous diversity, underlined in every landscape from dense virgin forests to wide-open wilderness of ocean beaches.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

Squares of Belém

Square of the Republic


Who walks today for the green lawn of the Square of the Republic, it is not capable to imagine that the place already functioned as cemetary destined to the slaves and the population without resources. But later, when the allusive monument was constructed to the Announcement of the Republic, it passed if to call Square the Republic. It contains the Park João Rabbit, the Square of the Sereia and the Theatro of the Peace.





Square Baptist Fields - hidding place of the belenense romantismo


A hidding place of beauty and tranquilidade, the Square Baptist Fields is famous for its coretos, lakes, trees and birds that give to the place, a touch of ramantismo and bucolismo, characteristic of the city of Belém. It was inaugurated, in 1904, to homage the Cônego Baptist Fields. It is constituted by pavilions and imported caramanchões of Germany, railings and bridges. Currently, very it is used by the practical community for of sports and leisure.





Square Isabel Princess - Terminal Fluvial Tourist


It is where if it locates the first Tourist Fluvial Terminal of Belém, endowed with trapiche in pier form, with capacity for 12 boats, it possesss area of embarkment and landing for tourist strolls. Beyond terminal, in the square, it has: anfiteatro for cultural activities; parking for bus and cars; rank of Municipal Guarda; rank of tourist information. It is the starting point for the visitation to the islands of Belém, in the edge of the river Guamá.






Dom square Peter II - more charm for the historical center
Square D. Peter II is a postal card more in the Historical Center of Belém, possesss in its paisagístico project species of the regional flora, a luminous source and a lake.

Geography

The city of Belém, capital of Pará, is full of indentations and recesses forming islands all around it. There are 55 of these islets, most of which are wild and uninhabited, although some are home to small populations.These include the islands of Mosqueiro, fringed by 14 freshwater beaches, and Caratateua which receive a large number of visitors in summertime. In addition to these and also near Belém, is the island of Tatuoca which is the location of the only geophysical station in Latin America, one of seven in the world.

Situated in the Guajará bay, on the estuary of the Rivers Tocantins and Pará, the city began as a river port in 1616, immediately after the French were driven out of São Luís, the capital of the state of Maranhão. It is known as the "City of the Mango Trees" because of the large number of those trees growing there.

posted by Cassio Torres and Jean Hilaire.

Sebastião da Gama Sodré Planetarium

Planetarium

Sebastião da Gama Sodré Planetarium - The Planetarium of Para on a projector Skymaster ZKP3, one of the most modern available in Brazil, installed under a dome 11 meters in diameter, with 105 seats. At the summit are designed around 6000 stars, constellations, the Milky Way, planets and comets, among other attractions.
The projector also simulates the movements diurnal, annual and polar. The planetarium is therefore a resource for educational excellence, allowing the understanding of simple and clear manner the phenomena that occur in the cosmos.
After the sessions at the summit are developed educational activities that rely on workshops related to astronomy and Environmental Education, whose thematic approach stories about the creation of the earth and the universe.

By Tatiane Jéssica e Elizabeth Miranda

the best of belém

belém way of being,one on modernity and another on tradition.one foot in trnqility and another in bohemia.one step over the pavement and another over the ground rood.and another sea.belémthe city that mixes modernity with village habits,is famous for Itsgreat hospitality.people enjoy going,out,making new friends and hosting and the brazilian capital of bars has optiouns for all tastes.international restaurants,pubs ,dancing houses cafeterias,beer houses and live music bars,surrounded by historic neighrood,and beauty brech,rich in culture of people paraense.belém will last forever inyour memories,just as you will last in our hearts,because there are very beautiful postcards of the city.the lines of the great brazilian architec have helped build uor history at the request of Landy and FRANCISCO BOLONHA,museum of modern architecture wich inspired,IT was created the architectural group in belém.the museum Itself is a work of art,república squere is at the present time of sundy public spaces for the performance of shows and consert,in from of and beside the theatro da paz

St. Joseph Liberto

The old jail is now St. Joseph Liberto. It houses the Museum of Gems of Pará, the Pole and the House of Artisan Jeweler. The site was opened in October 2002 by then governor Almir Gabriel, is becoming a reference for the jewelry market by Para account of the jewels in gold and gems produced by the talent of designers and goldsmiths Para. The local handicrafts and Marajoara and also gained ground.
The old prison building took almost two years to be completely reformed, representing an investment of $ 8 million. The inauguration of the Pole Jeweller also represents a new stage in the process of vertical mineral state that holds more than 50% of Brazilian mineral reserves, and the gold one of the main products operated and marketed throughout the country.
The complex was inaugurated in the middle week of the Candle of Nazareth. The goal was to honor the tourists, especially the Para, who are in Bethlehem motivated by positive energy of the country's largest religious festival. The old prison was the scene of many rebellions and suffering
The Museum of Gems of Para, installed along with the Workshop of Jewelry and the Craftsman house in St. Joseph Liberto, together with displays up to 500 million years, like a giant stone composed of quartz and pegmatite with tourmaline, coming from the River Valley Tocantins, in the southeast of Pará
The museum takes the visitor to tour the beauty and brilliance of amethyst, quartz, tourmalines, diamonds, coming from various regions of the state of Para and Rondonia. All stones are in their raw state. The Museum also tells the story of these minerals, and regions of origin as the man wont use it in various forms and functions.

By Tatiane Jéssica Elizabeth Miranda

Trolley

Opened recently, the cable car brings back the nostalgia of the past century combined with the modernity of the times. It is powered by biodiesel and circulates all Sundays and holidays between the historic buildings of Old Town neighborhood.

Bioparque Amazon Crocodile Safari ZOO

Crocodile Safari ZOO: There are only 20 km from downtown Belem, the park with approximately 80 acres is rich in species of native flora and fauna, being a faithful representation of the Amazon ecosystem, and have museums and trails.

Seeing the river

Large park with leisure facilities, the Ver-o-Rio hosts cultural events. Great attraction for the afternoons on weekends. Has kiosks with breakfast washed down with tapioquinha, palm, corn porridge, cassava cake and fruit juices regional.

Icoaraci

Far only 18 km from Bethlehem, is now the largest production center for Indian-style pottery from the Amazon.

Park Residence

Former residence of the governors at the beginning of the century. It houses a theater, a cafe, ice cream, craft shops and a restaurant.

By: Bianca Gaspar e Marcus Wanzeller

Complex Ver-o-Rio

Ver-o-Rio is a well visited tourist spots in Belém do Pará
In an area of five square meters facing the bay Guajará, the project combines contemplation of nature with the convenience in the use of urban space. Typical foods, music shows, culture and lush landscape can be enjoyed in the Tourist Complex Ver-o-Rio, a sort of public square, located on the shores of the Bay Guajará. The complex features typical food stalls, bars, a stage, playground, boardwalk and stone Portuguese pressure sensing system - device that measures the level of the tide.
It is one of several entertainment options, which has spaces for recreation and entertainment, where you can taste traditional regional tapioquinha facing one of the most beautiful landscapes of the capital: the Bay Guajará.
For an afternoon snack or even a dinner overlooking the river, the option are six stalls which include the sale of typical foods, to the best of Pará cuisine - especially the tapioca with 90 flavor options, plus snacks and ice cream - restaurants and bars. The movement starts from 16h and increases with the sunset, at around 17.30. The food court open until 23 o'clock.
For completeness, a paddle boat ride on Lake Area Memorial of Indigenous Peoples, known as "village", ideal for couples in love watching the sunset. The schedule comes out to $ 2.50 per person and lasts 10 minutes. "Depending on the motion, the person may be walking until someone to come in," said Osmar Souza, responsible for the activity. The ride is available Monday through Friday, from 16h to 22h, and on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 8 am to 22h.
The pond also works as a local race for miniature boats and motorboats. Several fans of the game go to the local betting free proofs in the circuit. A sand court is another multisport leisure option for those who can not enjoy the holiday away from Bethlehem for the kids, the alternative is the small playground, with toys made from wood.


BY Tatiane Jéssica Elizabeth Miranda

Gastronomia Paraense.

Tacacá is one would iguaria of the Brazilian Amazon region, in particular of Pará, Acre, Amazon, Rondônia and Amapá. It is prepared with a fine broth of yellowish color called tucupi, on which if it places gum, shrimp and jambu. One very serves hot, tempering with salt and pepper, in cuias. Tucupi and tapioca (of which if it prepares the gum), is resulted of the ralada mass of the cassava that, after pressed, results in a milky-yellowish liquid. After to leave it in rest, tapioca is deposited in deep of the container and tucupi, in its superior part. Its origin is of paraenses aboriginals e, according to Cascudo Chamber, drift of a type of aboriginal soup called mani poi. Cascudo chamber says that “This mani poí made to be born current tacacá, with broth of fish or meat, garlic, pepper, salt, to the times dry shrimps.”.

By Emanuelle Lobo

Algodoal Island

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It has 19 Km of peaceful ocean beaches with lush vegetation that attract tourists from around the world. Means of transportation on the island include bicycles, boats and horse-driven carts. Site:www.algodoal.com.br

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by Renan Marinho

The origins of the creation of the Municipal Horto Milton Trindade retrace to the end of century XVII, under the influence of the iluminista thought, that, with its new optics of comment of the nature, the man to a new relation with the environment defies. We can attribute to the intendant Antonio We read the idea of municipal creation of one horto for the city of Belém, having as main objective the production of hose changes and other specimens. The idea was to equalize the squares and gardens to the European cities. For in such a way, the Intendancy acquired in 1902 the land where today the Horto Milton Trindade functions, located in the street of the Mundurucus, esquina with the ticket of the Horto. The old Municipal Horto was object of intervention in 1992. With the reform, the space receives the denomination from Square Milton Trindade, having been tumbled as historic site in July of the same year. The Project of Revitalização of the Municipal Horto Milton Trindade was an initiative of the Municipal City hall of Belém, through the SEMMA. The space was revitalized in the year of 2001, into the perspective of daily transforms it in a control point of the culture and Amazonian flora, functioning with diversified, come back to the local public and visiting activities. This last reform valued the project existing architectural and enriched the environment with some vegetal species. Today the Municipal Horto changedded into an alternative space of leisure and culture, disponibilizando, still, the commercialization of dumbs and plants. Today we can say that the Horto is one of attractive tourist a prettier and important of the paraense capital and control point cultural and ambient, capable to contribute for the conservation, dissemination and valuation of Amazonian the popular and surrounding culture.

By Emanuelle Lobo e Silvana Lustoza

Ecoturism, Community-based (Curuça)

Mangroves and beaches

In the tour by regional boat to the beaches, call attention the vigorous
mangroves, the richest and most biodiverse mangroves in Brasil,
a soure of income for fishermen and seafood colectors. The coast of Northeastern Pará, together with the Reentrâncias Maranhenses, are the largest set of mangroves on the planet.
Curuça is protected by the Mãe Grande Extractive Reserve (Great Mother of Curuçá) and is part of a series of nine conservation units. In the Brraca de Pesca (Fishing Tent), wich serves lunch prepared by the fishermen.
The moment is one for exchanging experiences and observe the strong oscillation of the tide (5.5 m). There are chances to watch coastal birds such as herons and the guara (scarlet ibis), as well as fishes, like the tralhoto (with its big eyes).

Since 2001, the International Airport of Belém if transformed into an example of the standard that the Infraero implements in its airports. Imponent in way to the vastness of the Amazônia, the drawing it building uses arched plans in the covering to allow that the light covers all the extension of the great hall of the terminal. The Stop architect Sergio used of creativity when adopting totens of multiple use with light projectors, public system of sound, air-conditional and telephones. Traditionally called of Airport of Val-of-Cans, he is responsible for the increment of the tourism in the region, draining of the production and captation of new investments. The terminal of passengers total is climatized in its two levels and counts on a futurista, projected architecture to use to advantage the natural illumination of the environment. The special carriers of necessities have attendance individualizado with proper equipment, in specific places that facilitate the locomotion. Its interior is decorated with plants of the Amazon region that if find surrounded by a source capable to imitate the racket of rains that fall every day in the region. Av. Júlio Cesar s/n º Val de Cans Belém - Pará CEP: 66115-970 PABX: (91) 3210-6000 FAX: (91) 3257-1577/3210-6055 Distance of the Center: 10 KM

Praça da República (The Central Square)

One of the most traditional squares of Belém, without a question, is Praça da República, located em pulsing cultural heart of teh city. In it, there is the Theatro da Paz and yet some other important spaces of the local culture, such as Teatro Experimental Waldemar Henrique, Instituto de Ciências de Arte (ICA) belonging to Universidade Federal do Pará and the Bar do Parque, place for traditional bohemian in Pará.
Its location is privileged ans it has na easy Access. During celebrations such as Sete de Setembro parede, Círio de Nazaré, and others, it becomes stage on which the public can see representations of famous people of history of Belém, accompanied by tourists from all over the world. It is one of the most visited places of Belém, especially on Sundays, where you see people of all ages.
The construction of the Praça da República began in the Eighteenth century, between the Campina district and the road that led to Nazaré district. Formerly, it was called Largo da Campina, but later, with the construction of a warehouse to house gunpowder, it was called Largo da Pólvora, where it was raised a gibbet, although there is no registers of execution. The area also served as cemetery, where the bodies of slaves and poor people were buried.
The first attempt of urbanization of the square was in 1801, with the administrador of Belém, Arthur Índio do Brasil, when the paths were paved on its avenues, cemented the ways, put fountains and benches and gardened the alleys. The pavement of the square is all in Portuguese rocks that lie under a tunnel of mango trees.
In 1889, the governor Justo Chermont idealized the construction of a monument in honor to the Republic, whose opening was on Novembrer 15th 1897. All made of Carrara marble, the monument has 20 meters high. The statue is that of a woman, representing the democratic regime, holding na olive branch, symbolizing peace. The Genius with wings, on the first stair of the work bending on a lion, lifts the standard of the republic yelling: “Freedom”.
Form the other stair on the other side, History is sitting on lots of books, registers on a piece of blank paper out of a big volume, the date of the republic proclamation. Two little genius lift the Shields of
“Probity” and “Union”. The four plaques in honor to Floriano Peixoto, José Bonifácio and Benjamin Constant were attached to the posterior monument.
On Sundays, the locals blend with the tourists who do not resist to visiting handicraft fair and taste the typical food which are sold at the Praça da República. The Handicraft Fair, which exists there for more than 20 years, has about 300 associated artisans Who trade jewelries, food, toys, clothing, etc. it is the biggest handicraft fair in the north and northeast of the country and also receives, in average, 50 thousand visitors each Sunday. It is really worth visiting it.


Alunas: Monique Tolosa e Elisandra Sarraf

quinta-feira, 6 de maio de 2010

Rodrigues Alves Wood

Botanical Garden
Inpired on the bois de Bologne, in Paris, Rodrigues Alves Wood is a part of the Amazon Forest preseved in the middle of the city. It is a 16 hectare area,in Almirante Barroso Avenue - one of the busiest in the city - which has 2500 species of native plants, an orchid garden, lakes, caves,falls and even the replica of a mountain.
One can see amall - sized animals typical of the region, such as monkeys, nacaws and rodents.

By;Amanda

of belém to bay of guajará (MEET CITY BELÉM)

to visite of belém to bay of guajará aslso know as ilha da onça ,I is student from belém.

Historical Buildings

Belém was funded by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco in 1616.

So is too easy to find many hystorical buildings in our city.

One of most famous is Palácio Lauro Sodré, that was designed by architect Antonio Landi, whose style is a Portuguese version of neo-Palladian themes from Italy. It was built in 1772 to house the State Governmet.

It serverd as the stage for the Cabanagem movement, witch made it headquaters.

It currently houses the Museu do Estado do Pará - MEP.

Posted by: Leonado and Shérida

Anatomy of a wealthy culture

To get to know the inside, you need to visit some of its most illustrious spaces. We highlight tree sports which are considered worth visiting: the Theatro da Paz, the Arte Sacra Museum and the Basilica de Nazaré. Three temples of pure beauty, historical and architectural curiosities.

The city of Belém preserves a great amount of remains left by the Bélle Époque. The most important one is the Theatro da Paz, built with the wealth brought from the exportation of latex in the so-called the Rubber Cicle. It is also in this period, the construction of Basílica de Nazaré which will be one hundred years in 2009, dated from the launching of its fundamental stone in 1909. On the other hand, the Santo Alexandre church and the Palácio Episcopal are much older, dating from 1719 and today they congregate the Museu de Arte Sacra do Pará, located in Feliz Lusitânia Square Complex.

THEATRO DA PAZ

The Theatro da Paz is inspired according to Teatro Scalla de Milão (Milan-Italy). On its sides, the patios are surrounded by columns and staircases giving access to Praça da República. At the entrance hallway, the English cast iron of the arches of the doors and the French bronze statues, representing music, poetry, tragedy, comedy, give us the signs of European culture.

In 1905, the Da Paz Theater underwent a huge reformation. The door which gave way to the spectacles room was removed with the purpose of improving the acoustic of spectacles, considered one of the best of Brazil. On its place, there is a big-sized French crystal mirror now. It was also added statues made of French and, on the walls, enameled iron plates.

It is impossible not to be amazed with Theatro da Paz. The Spectacles Room, with 900 seats, has chairs made of wood and straw keeping the style from that period. Besides the auditorium, the seats for the public there are also in the balcony, mezzanine, porches, galleries and the upper mezzanine.

Looking up the central ceiling, there is a luster, made of American Bronze, and a painting in fresco, which reproduces figures Greek-Roman mythology. The god Apollo is conducting goddess Aphordite and the muses of arts to Amazon. There is also a painting is portraying regional motives, dated in 1960. Enter Theatro da Paz is like traveling back in time. The Foyer is very elegant, where the nobles has their balls and recitals, it is all decorated with mirrors and luster in French crytal and two busts of composers from that time: Carlos Gomes and Henrique Gurjão. The Neoclassical walls were painted by Italian artists.

Currently, the Theatro da Paz is the biggest and the most luxurious of the North Region, renowned as one of theater-monument of the country, declared by IPHAN in 1963.

THE ARTE SACRA MUSEUM

The Santo Alexandre Church built by the Jesuits, raised in eighteenth Century. The Palácio Episcopal, where the Archbishopric used to be. The two building are interconnected, and both a blend of various stylistic moments in Brazil. We can find some of these styles such as: proto-baroque, later baroque and the Pombal neoclassic.

In 1998, the buildings were restored and adapted to house the Museu de Arte Sacra, whose beauty of the façade is enhanced by the lights, inside it, we can also find the Galeria Fidanza. The Café do Museu and the Boutique Empório das Artes, where it is possible to buy regional products. The church of Santo Alexandre maintains its liturgical function, but it is also a drama-musical space.

The main door of the church is made of wood, with frams made of lioz stone. One the inside, there is a unique nave, with illuminated pulpits and high altar, transept and six side chapels. The chancel screens were produced by the Jesuits during the colonial period in two styles, the “Nacional Português” and “D. João V”. The wall, on the left of the transept, exposes remains of ancient structures that serve as frame to images of Saint Alexander, Saint Bartholomew and Saint Michael, besides another fourth image of a Jesuit Saint which was found, at the time of the reform, in deterioration state.

The sacristy, with the same length of the main chapel is located on the left arm of the nave. The decoration has parts coming from Europe e other parts produced by the Jesuits and Indians.

TREE CENTURIES OF BRAZILIAN ART

Being the only one of the genre in Brazil, the Museum of Sacra Art houses, among other things, religious sculptures dated from the three firsts centuries of Brazilian history of art. The museum contains almost 400 objects among the baroque imaginary, liturgical and archeological objects and silverware. Part of this collection belonged to the Jesuits, the other part was acquired from heirs of a collector or through donation. The sacred objects are the most charming. They were restored and underwent through a process of inventory.

In the fist area of circulation of the museum, there are canvas with sacred themes, belonging to collection of Cúria Metropolitana. In the first room the Pietá opens the baroque imaginary show. All the images are illuminated by a sophisticated project of light technique. Other baroque imaginaries which sdraw attention are those of São José de Botas and Nossa Senhora de Rosário, both sculptured in polychrome wood and dated from the Eighteenth century.

What a visitor must see is the room where there is the installation that exposes the Crucified Christ. The illumination shows parts of the images, creating beams of light surrounding it. The silverware room is also impressive. They displayed an a dark velvet base and optical fiber illumination, properly identified, it helps the understanding of the visitors abouth its origin and functions. One of the rarities shown in the Museu de Arte Sacra is the image of the Dead Lord, this work waited 40 years for a repair. The image belonged to Capela dos Passos, projected by Antonio Landi, in Campina district. But its Whereabouts was unknown for over 30 year until it was rescued in 2006, by Secretaria de Estado de Cultura, in Rio de Janeiro, in the hands of a private collector.

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By: Bianca da Silva Gaspar / Marcus Vinicius Wanzeller