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Rua Sen. Rocha Lagoa, one of the many narrow streets with an incredible slope that characterize the historic center.
When European colonizers arrived in Brazil, they soon discovered that the land was replete with minerals and precious stones, and it wasn’t long before they extracted and mined what must have then seemed like an inexhaustible source of natural wealth. At the center of this fever was Ouro Preto, which became Brazil’s gold-mining town.
The first discovery of gold
It is believed that a slave made the first discovery of gold in the area, when he came across some unusual black metal in the riverbed of the river he was drinking from. The colonizers realized the black metal was actually gold and it soon became apparent that the area was covered in it—it had, in fact, the largest deposit of the metal in the New World.
The Brazilian Gold Rush
The gold rush ensued and, in 1711, the Vila Rica de Ouro Preto town was built in the area, providing close quarters for the Portuguese to start extracting the gold. The population eventually grew to 110,000 people—over twice as large as New York City at that time—with the majority of residents enslaved Africans who were forced to work in the mines. The city became the capital city of Minas Gerais in 1721 and was then known as just Ouro Preto—or “Black Gold.”
Ouro Preto’s architectural transformation
In the peak of the gold boom in the mid-18th century, Ouro Preto became a wealthy city, and property owners could afford to pay for the finest architects and artists from Europe and Brazil, including Aleijadinho, the most celebrated Brazilian artist in the 19th century, to design and construct the city’s buildings. As a result, the city was transformed with Baroque architecture, dozens of churches, intricate fountains, colonial façades, and miles of cobbled streets.
The Revolution
While the city was turning into an architectural wonder, some locals were increasingly hostile towards the Portuguese colonizers. All the gold mined and extracted was taken to the weighing houses, where one-fifth was taken and given to the Portuguese Royal Family. The gold miners were finding the demands of the gold tax too high and started preparing for a revolution against the colonizers, in what became known as the Inconfidência Mineira. The revolution in 1789, led by Tiradentes (Teeth Puller) and a group of other Brazilian poets, including Claudio da Costa and Tomás Antônio Gonzaga, among others, was unsuccessful and quickly stopped. Tiradentes, who was considered the main leader, was hung and quartered in a gruesome execution to prevent such an uprising happening again.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site title
Eventually, the gold mines were depleted in the 19th century and the source of precious metal dried up, leading to the decline in the city’s influence. In 1879, the new capital of Minas Gerais became Belo Horizonte, a title it still holds today. However, Ouro Preto’s defining architecture remains and, as a result, was rewarded the title of the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980, the first of many for Brazil.
Source: theculturetrip.com/
Blessed to capture one of these during my trip to Brazil. I don't know why but there were loads of them and I was able to take a picture of one of them with my macro lenses. Loved the pose!
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Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall system in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the heart of the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the border between Argentina and Brazil.
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A igarape is a watercourse Amazon water first, second or third order, consisting of a long arm river or channel. They exist in large numbers in the Amazon Basin. Characterized by shallow and almost run into the forest. Only small boats such as canoes and small boats, can navagar by the waters of a stream due to its shallow depth and be narrow.
The word was adopted from the Tupi. Literally means "canoe route" through the junction of ygara terms (canoe) and loveto (path)
Characteristics:-
Most streams have dark waters similar to the Black River, a major tributary of the Amazon River, carrying little sediment. They are navigable by small boats and canoes and play an important role as transport and communication.
Amazonian streams are an integral and essential part in the functioning of the forest, because they work as ecological corridors, linking forest fragments and facilitating displacement of wildlife and gene flow between populations of species of animals and plants.
Um igarapé é um curso d'água amazônico de primeira, segunda ou terceira ordem, constituído por um braço longo de rio ou canal. Existem em grande número na Bacia amazônica. Caracterizam-se pela pouca profundidade e por correrem quase no interior da mata. Apenas pequenas embarcações, como canoas e pequenos barcos, podem navagar pelas águas de um igarapé devido a sua baixa profundidade e por ser estreito.
A palavra foi adotada do tupi. Significa, literalmente, "caminho de canoa", através da junção dos termos ygara (canoa) e apé (caminho)
Características:-
A maioria dos igarapés tem águas escuras semelhantes às do Rio Negro, um dos principais afluentes do Rio Amazonas, transportando poucos sedimentos. São navegáveis por pequenas embarcações e canoas e desempenham um importante papel como vias de transporte e comunicação.
Os igarapés amazônicos constituem parte integrante e essencial no funcionamento da floresta, pois funcionam como corredores ecológicos, ligando fragmentos florestais e facilitando deslocamento da fauna e o fluxo gênico entre as populações das espécies de animais e vegetais.
Brazilian army snipers and their spotters are presented to the press as part of the special army task force in charge of the security of US President Barack Obama, at an army barracks in Brasilia, on March 18, 2011. President Obama will arrive in Brasilia on Saturday for a two-day visit to Brazil.
Brazil. The Atlantic rainforest viewed from Serra Bonita Reserve in Bahia.
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Iguazú Falls or Iguaçu Falls are waterfalls of the Iguazu River on the border of the Argentine province of Misiones and the Brazilian state of Paraná. Together, they make up the largest waterfall in the world. The falls divide the river into the upper and lower Iguazu. The Iguazu River rises near the heart of the city of Curitiba. For most of its course, the river flows through Brazil; however, most of the falls are on the Argentine side. Below its confluence with the San Antonio River, the Iguazu River forms the border between Argentina and Brazil.
The name "Iguazú" comes from the Guarani or Tupi words "y" [ɨ], meaning "water", and "ûasú "[waˈsu], meaning "big". Legend has it that a deity planned to marry a beautiful woman named Naipí, who fled with her mortal lover Tarobá in a canoe. In a rage, the deity sliced the river, creating the waterfalls and condemning the lovers to an eternal fall.
The first European to record the existence of the falls was the Spanish Conquistador Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca in 1541.
Today I want to honor my beloved Brazil!
Brazil is not what you see but what you feel. Once you spend time here – a week, two weeks – you get in the vibe. It’s really intoxicating.
Francisco Costa
The most beautiful thing about Brazil that I always find that is so unlike any other place I’ve been in the world is the diversity of its people.
Gisele Bundchen
They have a joy for life in Brazil unlike any country I’ve ever seen.
Morena Baccarin
Brazil eats, sleeps and drinks football. It lives football!
Pele
Brazil has people in some places with such difficult situations. They prefer to smile than cry because they love life. They love to be happy. That’s Brazilian style.
David Luiz
Brazil is my way to see the world. Being born in that country means: you don’t have a wall separating the physical reality from the magical reality.
Paulo Coelho
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Brazil
Yes, Jaguars can swim very easily. They are excellent swimmers, and they can also swim underwater by holding their breath for a quite long time. Jaguars wave their tails above water to attract fish.
Jaguars are second largest big cat (just after the tiger) that can swim underwater very easily. They are known to swim to keep the body cool and also to hunt for their potential aquatic prey.
Jaguars live in a range of habitats ranging from arid scrubland, thick tropical forests, swamps, coastal mangroves, lowland river valleys, grasslands, to mixed-coniferous forests.
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Brazil's largest city and Latin America's largest industrial conurbation. Important transport hub.
São Paulo stretches approximately 60 km north-south + 80 km east-west. Population: 11.452 million.
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Größte Stadt Brasiliens + der größte industrielle Ballungsraum Lateinamerikas. Wichtiger Verkehrsknotenpunkt.
São Paulo erstreckt sich ungefähr 60 Km in Nord-Süd-Richtung + 80 Km in Ost-West-Richtung. 11,452 Millionen Einwohner.
Cocoi Heron is the largest heron in Central and South America comparable in size to North America's Great Blue Heron. Here it is snatching a piranha out of the river in the Brazilian Pantanal.
Kaka get's upset with the Tanzania Players because he felt they were too rough...
This game was part of Brazil warm up to the world cup...the game caused a bit of a contreversy since it cost the Tanzanian FA a lot of money (2.5 Million $)... Tanzania is one of the poorest countries in the world...
news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8728004.stm
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Brazilian Graffiti Artist Creates World's Largest Street Mural For The Rio Olympics. Street art isn't an Olympic sport, but if it was then Eduardo Kobra would almost certainly win gold for his 30,000 square foot (2787 square metres) mural that he painted for this year's Rio Olympics.