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The main tourist attraction in Canela is the Parque do Caracol, the Cathedral of Stone, and Caracol Falls (Cascata do Caracol). Like sister town Gramado, Canela is a large tourist draw during the winter, where snowfall can occur, and during the Christmas holiday and the local town council deck Canela with lights and other festive decorations.
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Metropolitan Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Metropolitana de Porto Alegre) is one of the seven Mesoregions of the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil. It consists of 98 municipalities, grouped in 6 Microregions: [1] Camaquã; Gramado-Canela; Montenegro; Osório; Porto Alegre; São Jerônimo
The Porto Alegre City Council is the Legislative branch of Porto Alegre. It is composed of 36 councilors who are elected by an open list election. The Council serves as a balance of power against the mayor, as Porto Alegre has a strong mayor-council type of government. Porto Alegre City Council oversees all Executive agencies, departments, and ...
Restinga is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil.It was created by Law 6571 from January 8, 1990. One of biggest and most populated neighbourhoods in Porto Alegre, Restinga is home to 27 different shanty-towns today, but the three original slum areas are called Ilhota, Theodora and Marítimos, which were formed during the 1940s ...
Porto Alegre has the 4th largest GDP in the country, estimated at 92 billion dollars. Greater Porto Alegre is a strategic area for the development of the state, the Southern Cone , and the Mercosur, with an economy based on manufacturing, chemicals, automotive, food, education, steel production, semiconductors, and services, to name a few.
The government of Porto Alegre, bound to the Porto Alegre City Charter, is a mayor-council form of government, which is mandated by the Brazilian Constitution of 1988.The government of Porto Alegre is responsible for primary education, healthcare, libraries, parks and open spaces, sanitation, water supply, and youth correctional services.
The Town Hall of Porto Alegre (Portuguese: Paço Municipal de Porto Alegre), also known as Old City Hall (Portuguese: Prefeitura Velha) or Paço dos Açorianos, is a historic building in Porto Alegre, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, being one of the most characteristic and important architectural landmarks of the city.