Thread: Historical Places and Events in Brazil

Can somebody post some facts on the historical places and events in Brazil? Thanks!

Hi misty! There is a lot of popular historical destinations in Brazil. Ouro Preto, Olinda, Belo Horizonte and Parati are towns in Brazil that are rich in ancient cultures and traditions. =)

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Hello Kristy,
These historical places of Brazil have beautifully preserved some of the heritage of the country's colonial past. Here are a few of the major historical sites of Brazil which attracts tourists from all over the globe.Ouro Preto, Olinda, Belo Horizonte and Parati.

In São Paulo city you can visit the "Monumento do Ipiranga", in Ipiranga district of São Paulo, a monument in a beautiful square where Dom Pedro I proclaimed the independence of Brazil in November 15, 1889. It is a very beautiful place where you can know more about the history of Brazil.

Check out the museum and the cementery

This tropical island looms out of the Atlantic haze as if from the pages of Daniel Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe.’’ Even from the catamaran that crosses daily from the mainland, I could make out its palm-studded beaches and dense jungle, an unbroken emerald wall that rises to serried peaks towering 3,300 feet above the surrounding ocean.Despite its proximity to Brazil’s major cities — the nearest mainland port, Angra dos Rios, lies just 110 miles south of Rio de Janeiro — Ilha Grande was long closed to visitors. By turns leper colony, quarantine station for suspected cholera cases, and Alcatraz-style prison, it was only when local authorities dynamited the much-feared Cândido Mendes Penitentiary in 1994 that the island began slowly to open to tourism.
Today, Ilha Grande ranks among the top destinations on the continent for yachting. “My beloved bay, my adoptive land,’’ wrote Amyr Klink, a Brazilian yachtsman, on returning to the island after sailing solo around Antarctica in 1998. “Of all the treats in the world, none would be more special than sailing across the bay of Ilha Grande.’’

OURO PRETO is a testimony of a known Baroque sculptor Aleijadinho. This city is filled with national monuments and amazing structures.. It is considered to be one of the Major historical sites in Brazil.

I heard that place. Ouro Preto is described as the World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of those great baroque architectures. Ouro Preto means Black Gold.. Its a very nice tourist destination!

Rio de Janeiro city was the capital of Brazil from 1889 to 1960, when Juscelino Kubstcheky, the President of Brazil, decided to move the capital to the countryside of Brazil, Brasília. Brasília is the new capital of Brazil since 1960. The new capital was good to develop the countryside of Brazil.

how much brilliant the president was? i was totally amazed when i heard the news. it was a very important decision cause then the country side was totally undeveloped where as the Rio was totally developed. so shifting the capital was very important.