Church Nossa Senhora do Carmo - Alcântara - Maranhão - Brasil
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The Church of Our Lady of Mount Caramel was built between 1660 and 1690 having already
undergone numerous reforms.
The temple has high altar with gilded rococo style, and other beautiful decorations.
On the walls of the nave there are numerous panels of Portuguese tiles not figurative.
The Feast of the Divine occurs fifty days after Easter, Pentecost Sunday (May 27 in 2012), and celebr...
Alcantara is a city in the Brazilian state of Maranhão. Integrates the Metropolitan Region of São Lui...
Praça da Matriz de Alcântara com casarões, pelourinho e ruínas da igreja erguida antes de 1648. No lo...
Porto do jacaré um dos principais meio de entrada pra Alcântara pra quem vem de São Luis de lancha, c...
Foto tirada na Península da Ponta d'Areia, ao lado do Iate Clube de São Luís.
Lagoa Beats White! Aconteceu no dia 23/10/2010 no Mirante da Lagoa da Jansen (São Luís - MA - Brasil)
Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.
Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.
Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.
Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.
Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.
Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.
This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.
Text by Steve Smith.
