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Petrópolis (Portuguese: [peˈtɾɔpolis,-pu-]), also known as the Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro , 68 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro .
After Brazil became independent from Portugal in 1822, as declared by Emperor Pedro I where the Monument to the Independence of Brazil is located, he named São Paulo as an Imperial City. In 1827, a law school was founded at the Convent of São Francisco, today part of the University of São Paulo .
The Paço Imperial (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈpasu ĩpeɾiˈaw]), or Imperial Palace, previously known as the Royal Palace of Rio de Janeiro and Palace of the Viceroys, is a historic building in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Paço Imperial was built in the 18th century to serve as a residence for the governors of colonial ...
The Imperial Mausoleum, located to the right of the forecourt of the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara in Petrópolis, is the final resting place of the second Emperors of the Empire of Brazil, Pedro II and his wife Teresa Cristina, as well as their daughter, Princess Isabel, and other members of the imperial family of the second reign.
Paço de São Cristóvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu dʒi sɐ̃w kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w]; English: Palace of Saint Christopher; also known as Palácio Imperial or Palácio Imperial de São Cristóvão) was an imperial palace located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the Imperial Neighbourhood of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Empire of Brazil. The Neutral Municipality is Rio de Janeiro, the imperial capital within the province of the same name. The territory which would come to be known as Brazil was claimed by Portugal on 22 April 1500, when the navigator Pedro Álvares Cabral landed on its coast. [3]
The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is housed in the Petrópolis Imperial Palace , the former summer residence of Emperor Pedro II (reigned 1831–1889), which was built starting in 1845.
The Palace of the Grand Pará (Portuguese: Palácio do Grão-Pará) is a royal palace located in the city of Petrópolis, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.It is currently the only palace still belonging to the Brazilian Imperial Family, being the only royal palace in the Americas occupied by a royal family.