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The Casa da Moeda do Brasil is the Brazilian mint, owned by the Brazilian government and administratively subordinated to the Ministry of Finances. [1] It was established in 1694. [ 2 ] Its current headquarters and industrial facilities occupy a modern plant with 110,000 square metres (1.2 million square feet) in Rio de Janeiro 's western ...
He also collaborated in the acquisition of Casa da Moeda, the National Museum of Fine Arts, the Ministry of the Army and the Ministry of the Navy. [ 2 ] The collection of private collectors, such as the Bahian senator Miguel Calmon de Pin e Almeida, the Guinle family and the museologist Sophia Jobin helped to compose the property of the museum ...
The Candelária Church (Portuguese: Igreja da Candelária, pronounced [iˈgɾeʒɐ ðɐ kɐ̃deˈlaɾjɐ]) is an important historical Roman Catholic church in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. It was built and decorated during a long period, from 1775 to the late 19th century.
No single face value has been present in all historical Brazilian banknotes. For example, a face value of 100 is missing from the old real (as its lowest denomination of banknote is 500 Rs) and from the provisional cruzeiro novo (as its only banknotes were overstamps of the first cruzeiro, and the highest denomination was NCr$10).
The Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio de Janeiro but for the entire country. The statue’s wide-open arms, spanning 92 feet, seem to personally ...
Volumes I, II e III. Rio de Janeiro, Asa Artes Gráficas: 1985. GAMA, José de Saldanha da. História da Imperial Fazenda de Santa Cruz. Revista do IHGB - Tomo 38; LEITE, Serafim. História da Companhia de Jesus no Brasil, 1ª edição. Lisboa/Rio de Janeiro. Livraria Portugalia e Instituto Nacional do Livro, 1938/1950, 10 vols. PRAZERES ...
The Itamaraty Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Itamaraty) is a 19th-century building of great historical and artistic value located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [1] The palace was a noble residence, the seat of the Republican Government (1889–1898) and of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1899–1970).
The Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel (full name in Portuguese: Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Monte do Carmo da antiga Sé, lit. 'Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of the Ancient See') is an old Carmelite church which served as cathedral ( Sé ) of Rio de Janeiro from around 1808 until 1976.