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MARANHÃO
The state presents the coast full of beaches and possess an immense historic site, conserving important facts of its colonial and imperial past. Coral barriers of the Parcel de Manuel Luis represents an excellent place of diving, in the Maranhão meets the biggest bank of corals of the South America. |
Arquitecture - MA
Lions Palace - São Luís
Church of Sé - São Luís
Church Nossa Sra. do Carmo - Alcântara
Blue Lake - São Luís
Beach of Calhau - MA
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SÃO LUÍS |
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The island of São Luís, the capital of the Maranhão, is the only Brazilian capital that was not established by Portuguese. It was created in 1962, by the French, with the name of the effective King. The city lived the apogee in the half of century XVIII, when the cotton exportations were in the apex. Despite the French origin, it counts on the most impressive collection of lusitan architecture of Latin America and was declared Patrimony of the Humanity. A style that live in the façades of houses, covers with colored tiles, varandas of forged iron, cut doors wooden and patios with pisos of rocks. São Luís more than conserves 3,000 protecting constructions of centuries XVII to the XIX. |
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Palace of the Lions - In this place the fort met in the year of 1965 that protected then the capital one of "Equinoctial France", as was called the city of São Luís as French colony. |
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Other tourist points - the Cathedral of the Sé, constructed by Jesuits in 1726; the Church of the Carmo, one of oldest of the city; e the Theater Arthur Azevedo, considered the first theater installed in a Brazilian capital. It enters the museums most important of the cities are distinguished the Museum of Sacral Art, of Visual Arts and the Foundation Memory Republic. |
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In June is celebrated party of São João in Caruará, the greater of the world, since it lasts the 30 days of the month. For all the city, tents in festive environment are created and are danced for all part. It is become into the city of forró, northeast typical music. |
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