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Oca is the name given to the typical Brazilian indigenous housing. The term comes from the Tupi-Guarani language family. They are large buildings, serving as collective housing for several families, [1] and may reach 40 m (130 ft) in length. [2]
Government buildings, churches and civic buildings would be constructed in the modernist style. [1] [2] Throughout the modern age, Brazil began to define itself as a county in its architecture. This was done so with the help of Brazil's most famous architect and designer, Oscar Niemeyer. He designed the Edificio Copan in São Paulo, one of ...
The buildings represent a fusion of both colonial styles. Buildings from the period include the Provincial Palace, the Church and Convent of Santa Cruz (pictured), and the Misericórdia Hospital and Church. The ensemble is surrounded by houses from the 18th and 19th centuries. [27] Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes Between the Mountain and the Sea
The National Historic Heritage of Brazil are buildings, monuments, structures, objects and sites deemed of historic or cultural importance to the country. The register is maintained by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage of Brazil. This designation insures protection under federal law.
The former Duarte Coelho Castle, erected starting in 1536 in Olinda, was the first fortress in Brazil. [1]Architectural activity in colonial Brazil began in the 1530s, when colonization gains momentum with the creation of the Captaincies of Brazil (1534) and the foundation of the first villages, such as Igarassu and Olinda, founded by Duarte Coelho around 1535, and São Vicente founded by ...
A maloca is an ancestral long house built by Indigenous people of the Amazon, notably in Colombia and Brazil. [1] Each community has a single maloca with its distinct characteristics. [2] Several families with patrilineal relations live together in a maloca, distributed around the long house in different compartments.
The Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture Law (Law No. 11.645/2008) mandates the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and Indigenous History and Culture in Brazil. The law was enacted on 10 March 2008, amending Law No. 9.394 of 20 December 1996, as modified by Law No. 10.639 of 9 January 2003.
Hipólito da Costa, considered to be the founding father of the Brazilian press. Luís Gama, lawyer, poet and journalist, and helped in the cause of the abolition of slavery. Saint Joseph of Anchieta, "Apostle of Brazil", co-founder of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, and founding father of Brazilian literature and theater