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anonymous

Museum of Life aka. technology - 0 views

  • the Museum aims to offer to the population the understanding of scientific breakthroughs and their impact on the daily life
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    just a museum in rio that will take up time and be the technology part of our trip
Samii Levers

Famous people from Brazil: Famous Artists, Leaders, Musicians, etc from Brazil. - 1 views

  • Andreas Pavel
  • Is a Brazilian inventor who is the 'father' of the portable personal stereo cassette player, the Walkman.
  • Pavel invented the device known today as the Walkman. But it took more than 25 years of battling the
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  • Sony Corporation and others in courts and patent offices around the world before he finally won the right to say it," reports The New York Times.
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    He an Famous inventor that could be for the famous person and technology?
Ryan Bartone

Rio's carnival parade kicks off - YouTube - 2 views

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      MUST SAVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anonymous

Favela Painting - 0 views

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    It's our goal to attract enough funds to return to Rio later this year to continue
anonymous

Favela Painting, Rio De Janeiro - unurth | street art - 0 views

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    This is coooooool
Anna E

CIA - The World Factbook - 1 views

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  • Brazil gained its independence in 1822,
  • largest and most populous country in South America
  • 203,429,773
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  • slightly smaller than the US
  • mostly tropical, but temperate in south
  • mostly flat to rolling lowlands in north; some plains, hills, mountains, and narrow coastal belt
  • coffee, soybeans, wheat, rice, corn, sugarcane, cocoa, citrus; beef
  • textiles, shoes, chemicals, cement, lumber, iron ore, tin, steel, aircraft, motor vehicles and parts, other machinery and equipment
Anna E

Brazil - History - 2 views

  • Portuguese were the first European settlers to arrive in the area
  • found native Indians numbering around seven million
  • both tribal warfare and cannibalism
Samii Levers

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Samii Levers

Salade de saumon mariné, sauce Passion : recette de cuisine proposée par ELLE... - 0 views

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    INGRÉDIENTS 1 filet de saumon sans peau ni arêtes 1 kg de gros sel 1 bouquet d'aneth 2 salades ou 1 mélange de salades 1 Pour la sauce : 4 fruits de la Passion 1 citron vert 2 c. à soupe de Savora 1 pincée de sucre 8 c. à soupe d'huile d'olive 1 poivre du moulin
anonymous

Mercado Municipal de São Paulo - Everything in just one place - 4 views

  • Not to mention its Gourmet Lounge, which offers the opportunity to try tasty dishes there, while enjoying the architectural beauty of Mercadão.
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      Yellow=What to do there Blue=History Green=Travel info
  • How to get there: Mercadão is on Rua da Cantareira, 306, near Rua 25 de Março and Parque Dom Pedro. If going by subway, get off at Luz or São Bento subway stations (blue line).
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  • Hours of operation: Monday through Saturday from 6 am to 6 pm. Sundays and holidays from 6 am to 4 pm.
  • The building – which occupies an area of 12,600 square meters of built area, on Tamanduateí River’s bank - employs more than 1,500 people, which together handle about 450 tons of food per day in its more than 290 boxes.
  • Designed by architect Francisco Ramos de Azevedo’s office in 1926, Mercadão was opened on January 25, 1933. The stained glass windows were created by the Russian artist Sorgenicht Conrad Filho, famous for his works at the Sé Cathedral in São Paulo and other 300 Brazilian churches. In all, 32 panels are subdivided into 72 beautiful stained glass windows.
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    It's sort of like a fresh food market but it's apparently a really famous place where we can try all sorts of Brazillian foods
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    YAY! can you do a blog post about it? you can put it on google docs :)
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    you could research on brazilian dish for the post too to add into it
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    sure! sounds good
Samii Levers

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    a restaurant i found in sao paulo(:
Anna E

Sao Paulo, Brazil: Catholic Cathedral (ITS FREE) - 1 views

  • This major landmark can hold up to 8,000 worshippers and lovers of architecture will appreciate the stunning stained glass windows and details like the delicately carved coffee beans. The Metropolitan Cathedral is a neo-Gothic church and lies in Cathedral Square (Praca da Sé) in the heart of the old city. Built in the early 1900s, the church features stained glass panels from France and Italy as well as Brazil. Bells ring to the tune of the national anthem each morning at 08:00 and then hourly throughout the afternoon. Open: daily - 08:00 to 17:00 (mass daily - 08:30 to 12:00) Admission: free, charge for tours
Anna E

Municipal Theater - Teatro Municipal - Top Attractions in Sao Paulo, Brazil - 1 views

  • Opened in 1911
  • São Paulo's Municipal Theater (Teatro Municipal) is one of the city's top architectural treasures and cultural attractions.
  • designed by Brazilian architect Ramos de Azevedo and Italian architects Claudio Rossi and Domiziano Rossi, inspired by the Paris Opera.
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  • columns, busts, chandeliers and statues such as Diana the Huntress (1927) by Victor Brecheret, one of the greatest sculptors in Brazil history.
  • major renovation in 1951.
  • The stage has been upgraded with an electronic system
  • stained glass panels
  • Objects, documents, recordings and journalistic material related to the theater are preserved in its museum, opened in 1983. Besides housing a permanent collection, the museum hosts temporary exhibits. Photos and documents are available for research. Museum hours are Mon-Sun from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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    im going to write an item on the powerpoint with this
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