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The old flag of Americana reflecting the city's Confederate origins [9] The small town formed around the station was named "Villa da Estação de Santa Bárbara" (Santa Bárbara Station Town). Its inhabitants consisted mainly of American families, and the town became thus popularly known as "Villa dos Americanos" (Town of the Americans).
Palaces in South America by country (8 C) A. Houses in Argentina (2 C, 10 P) B. Houses in Brazil (4 C, 26 P) C. Houses in Chile (3 C, 8 P) Houses in Colombia (2 C, 2 ...
Flag of the Kingdom of Brazil: 1822 – 1853: Flag of the Empire of Brazil: 1853 – 1889: Flag of the Empire of Brazil: 1889: Flag of the First Brazilian Republic: 1889 – 1960: Flag of Brazil: 1960 – 1968: Flag of Brazil: 1968 – 1992: Flag of Brazil: 1876 – 1925: Flag of the Falkland Islands: 1925 – 1948: Flag of the Falkland Islands ...
Known as the "Civic Flag", it was first adopted by the IV Division of the Army of the Andes, formed by San Juan natives during the Argentine war for Independence. It is also known as the "Cabot Flag" as the IV Division was led by Lieutenant General Juan Manuel Cabot. It is the only flag of an Argentine province whose reverse differs from the ...
Map of Recife and Mauritsstad, ca. 1682, Weduwe van Jacob van Meurs (publisher) Recife began as a collection of fishing shacks, inns and warehouses on the delta between the Capibaribe and Beberibe Rivers in the captaincy of Pernambuco, sometime between 1535 and 1537 in the earliest days of Portuguese colonisation of Terra de Santa Cruz, later called Brazil, on the northeast coast of South America.
In Salvador, religion is a major contact point between Portuguese and African influences and, in the last 20 years, Brazil's version of a North American-influenced Pentecostalism. [59] Salvador was the seat of the first bishopric in colonial Brazil (established 1551), and the first bishop, Pero Fernandes Sardinha, arrived already in 1552. [60]
Official residences in Brazil (2 C, 8 P) P. Palaces in Brazil (2 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Houses in Brazil" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 ...
There are 24 World Heritage Sites in Brazil, and a further 22 sites on its tentative list. The first site in Brazil, the Historic Town of Ouro Preto, was inscribed on the list at the 4th Session of the World Heritage Committee, held in Paris, France in 1980. [4] The most recent site, the Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, was inscribed in ...