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Belém is the Portuguese name for Bethlehem, and has its origin in Hebrew which means "the house of bread". Initially the city was called "St. Mary of Bethlehem of Pará" (Portuguese: Santa Maria de Belém do Pará) or "Our Lady of Bethlehem of Greater Pará" (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão Pará), [6] [7] eventually shortened to Belém do Pará (name given by Philip III of Spain ...
Belém Tower, a Manueline military outpost built in the Tagus river.. With the establishment of the Kingdom of Portugal by Afonso III, royal surveys, or inquirições gerais (general inquiries), were made at his command to inspect titles of lands claimed by the nobility and clergy, [4] determined that the population around Lisbon was dispersed throughout the lowlands, which were suitable for ...
Belém Tower (Portuguese: Torre de Belém, pronounced [ˈtoʁɨ ðɨ βɨˈlɐ̃j]; literally: Bethlehem Tower), officially the Tower of Saint Vincent (Portuguese: Torre de São Vicente) is a 16th-century fortification located in Lisbon that served as a point of embarkation and disembarkation for Portuguese explorers and as a ceremonial gateway to Lisbon.
The toponym "belém" originates from the Hebrew "בית לחם" ("Beit Lehem"), literally meaning "House of Bread". [5]In 1621, the initial Portuguese colonial settlement "Feliz Lusitânia" (now Belém) [6] [7] was elevated to the category of the municipality with the name "Santa Maria de Belém do Pará" or "Nossa Senhora de Belém do Grão Pará" (an homage to Mary mother of Jesus) [8] [6 ...
The Royal Quinta of Belém, 1736. The site was originally part of the Outeiro das Vinhas, a property that fronted the beach of the Tagus River. D. Manuel of Portugal, a diplomat and poet who was the son of the 1st Count of Vimioso, acquired the land in 1559, naming it Quinta de Belém and constructing a building with three salons and two atria. [1]
Culture and tourism in Belém, the capital of Pará, is influenced by indigenous people and foreign immigrants, who manifest themselves through religious manifestations, gastronomy, folklore, dances, music, theaters, museums, among others. Belém stands out as a great tourist destination in Brazil, creating an excellent opportunity for travel ...
Cidade Velha, initially called Mairi, [1] [2] [3] Cidade or Sé neighborhood, [4] is a historic area of the capital of Pará, Belém, founded in the 1620s. [5] It is the first and oldest neighborhood in the city, originated from the Portuguese colonial settlement Feliz Lusitânia [1] [6] and the construction of the wooden fortress Forte do Presépio, [2] [7] [8] [9] at the mouth of the Piry ...
The Port of Belém was built in 1909 and is located in the neighborhood of Reduto, in the city of Belém, capital of Pará, on the right bank of Guajará Bay, about 120 km from the Atlantic Ocean. It was designed in 1897 and the first stretch inaugurated in 1909; it is currently managed by Companhia Docas do Pará .