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In 1693, the City Council was established in the place in order to elect the first municipal authorities. On March 29 of the same year, the foundation of the town of Nossa Senhora da Luz e do Bom Jesus dos Pinhais Curitiba became official.
Bom Jesus do Itabapoana, a city in Rio of Janeiro; Bom Jesus da Lapa, a city in Bahia; Bom Jesus do Norte, a city in Espírito Santo; Bom Jesus do Oeste, a city in Santa Catarina; Bom Jesus da Penha, a city in Minas Gerais; Bom Jesus dos Perdões, a city in São Paulo; Bom Jesus das Selvas, a city in Maranhão; Bom Jesus da Serra, a city in Bahia
The Bom Jesus Biological Reserve was created by decree on 5 June 2012 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation. [2] It is classed as IUCN protected area category Ia (strict nature reserve). The purpose is to preserve the Atlantic Rainforest ecosystem, specifically the dense rainforest and pioneer ...
This is a complete list of basilicas of the Catholic Church.A basilica is a church with certain privileges conferred on it by the Pope.. Not all churches with "basilica" in their title actually have the ecclesiastical status, which can lead to confusion, since it is also an architectural term for a church-building style.
In 1925, a local rancher, Dona Carolina Viera da Mota, donated lands to build a future settlement. In the same year a chapel covered with palm fronds was built. Soon, other houses (huts) were built and the settlement was called Bom Jesus. In 1953, it was made a district of Goiatuba, becoming a municipality in 1963.
Situated to the south of the state, distant 140 kilometers of Curitiba, the capital city of São Mateus do Sul stands out in the industrial area, by usina shale of Petrobras, an inexhaustible source of energy inputs and raw materials (oil, naphtha, industrial gas and sulfur) for the most diverse sectors of the industry and for the production of ceramic tiles of high quality, produced by Incepa.
The Bom Jesus was a Portuguese nau and Indiaman that set sail from Lisbon, Portugal, on Friday, March 7, 1533. Its fate was unknown until 2008, when its remains were discovered during diamond mining operations on the coast of Namibia , near Oranjemund .