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PARANÁ
The Paraná is one of the main Brazilian states, with a privileged geographic localization, therefore it is next to the greaters and more developed centers of Brazil and of the South America. Between the end of the decade of 30 and ends of 60, had a great migratory movement, that it made with that millions of Brazilians if moved to the Paraná. Thus exactly, a great number of immigrants, mainly European and Asian, had arrived in the same period. |
Lighthouse of Shells - Honey Isle
Cataratas of Iguaçu - Foz of Iguaçu
Cataratas of Iguaçu - Foz of Iguaçu
Cataratas of Iguaçu - Foz of Iguaçu
Passage - Foz of Iguaçu
Park of Iguaçu - Foz of Iguaçu
Water Factory of Itaipu - PR
Water Factory of Itaipu - PR
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CURITIBA |
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Its denomination reflects its origin aboriginal: kur ity ba, is the form as the indians identified the pines, fruit of the Araucária, symbolic tree of the Paraná. Local urbanism allows that the city is good to visit, wide and woody avenues, pretty squares, parks and calçadões that decorate the center of the city. It congregates palacetes colonial, modern projects architectural, and great presence of nature. It is a modern city that presents traces of groups of immigrants who had colonized the region, especially, Germans, Italians and the Polish. The historical zone of Curitiba is distributed around of the Square of Garibaldi, dated of centuries XVIII and XIX. |
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Church of the Third Order of San Francisco de Chagas - It is the oldest of the city, was submitted to a great number of reforms, thus losing original traces of its colonial architecture, however, this still continues prevailing in its interior. Its bigger altar is in gold, of baroque origin of century XVIII, its tower has neo-gotic influence. The construction was declared Historic Patrimony in 1965. |
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Santa Felicidade - In Santa Felicidade, zone of Italian influence, is distinguished its joint original architectural, as the church with the same name. Also should visit the House of the Gerânios, agricultural housing of the beginning of century XX, the House of the Panels and the House of the Arcs. |
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Street of the 24 Hours - a place of great animation is the Street of the 24 Hours, first saw with establishments opened during the 24 hours of the day, covered with a ceiling of glass, and a structure of iron. It concentrates restaurants, bars, pharmacies and a small market. |
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PARANAGUÁ |
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It is in the coast, far 94 km of Curitiba, one of great the attractive ones before exactly to enter in Paranaguá, is the "way of the iron", train way that joins both the cities for the mountain range of the sea is an impressive landscape, crossing 14 excavated tunnels, and 41 bridges and viaducts. To the long one of the passage, the Bridge São João, a metallic structure to the 58 meters of height, the Waterfall of the Veil of the Fiancé, among others local of great beauty. It is, at last, a great port city, valley the penalty to know beaches of Pontal of the South, and the East, the Island of the Honey, with 18 km of beaches, among others. |
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VILA VELHA |
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The State Park of Vila Velha is a set of sand formations in the city, far 80 km of Curitiba. Its origin comes of the carboniferous period, has 300 million years more than, with the water and the wind sculpturing through the time exotic figures in rocks. Here they are also the Furnas, also known as "Calderões of the Hell", is 3 wide craters with approximately 100 meters of depth, can be gone down in ferry cable or elevator. |
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