Sérgio, from Brazil, sent these cards from Santos Dumond, a city in the Minas Gerais state, Rio de Janeiro and Petrópolis, both in Rio de Janeiro state.
Foto: Paulo
Laborne
Cabangu Museum is located 16 kilometres from the city centre of Santos Dumont. Is dedicated
to the memory
of Santos Dumont, a Brazilian aviation pioneer. The place still preserves the house
where he was
born, personal
objects,
pictures and the Aviation
Museum. The museum also contains
the
ashes of the
first woman pilot
of Brazilian
aviation, Anésia Pinheiro
Machado.
Foto: Paulo Laborne
Erected in
1743, the palace became a Royal Palace in 1808, when the court of Prince Regent John VI arrived in Rio, escaping the
invasion of Portugal by Napoleon. He transformed the building into a
residence
of the Portuguese
royal family. Since then, important events tool place in the palace. In January 9th,
1822 the Prince Regent Peter I announced
his refusal
to return
to Portugal and his decision to remain on in an independent Brazil. In in May 13th, 1888, Princess
Isabel
signed
the Lei Áurea, the law that abolished slavery
in the
country.
Since 1984 the Paço Imperial has been an important cultural center, hosting
temporary art exhibitions of painting, sculpture, cinema, music, etc. It also
houses the Paulo Santos Library, specializing in art, architecture and
engineering, and also containing several rare books from the 16th to the 18th
centuries.
Foto: Paulo Laborne
The Palácio Rio Negro is a palace located in Petrópolis. It is one of the official residences of the Presidents of Brazil.
The building was built in 1889 to be the summer residence of Manoel Gomes de Carvalho, the Baron of Rio Negro.
In 1903, the Palace was incorporated to the Federal Government and became the official summer residence of the Presidents of
Brazil.
The palace was more frequently used when the city of Rio de Janeiro was the
Capital of Brazil. Since the transfer of the seat of Government to the newly
founded Capital City of Brasília, in 1960, use of Rio Negro Palace declined
sharply. The palace was not used at all in the 1970s and 1980s although
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso resumed use of the palace for brief
vacations in the 1990s. Today, Rio Negro Palace is rarely used. - in: wikipedia