Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis: San Ignacio Mini, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina), Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil) sight
State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Province of Misiones, Argentina, Brazil
The ruins of São Miguel das Missões in Brazil, and those of San Ignacio Miní, Santa Ana, Nuestra Señora de Loreto and Santa María la Mayor in Argentina, lie at the heart of a tropical forest. They are the impressive remains of five Jesuit missions, built in the land of the Guaranis during the ...
Historic Town of Ouro Preto sight
State of Minas Gerais, Brazil
Founded at the end of the 17th century, Ouro Preto (Black Gold) was the focal point of the gold rush and Brazils golden age in the 18th century. With the exhaustion of the gold mines in the 19th century, the citys influence declined but many churches, bridges and fountains remain as a testimony...
Historic Centre of the Town of Olinda sight
State of Pernambuco, North-East Region of Brazil, Brazil
Founded in the 16th century by the Portuguese, the towns history is linked to the sugar-cane industry. Rebuilt after being looted by the Dutch, its basic urban fabric dates from the 18th century. The harmonious balance between the buildings, gardens, 20 Baroque churches, convents and numerous sma...
Historic Centre of Salvador de Bahia sight
Bahia State, north-east region of Brazil, Brazil
As the first capital of Brazil, from 1549 to 1763, Salvador de Bahia witnessed the blending of European, African and Amerindian cultures. It was also, from 1558, the first slave market in the New World, with slaves arriving to work on the sugar plantations. The city has managed to preserve many out...
Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas sight
State of Minas Gerais, City of Congohas, Brazil
This sanctuary in Minais Gerais, south of Belo Horizonte was built in the second half of the 18th century. It consists of a church with a magnificent Rococo interior of Italian inspiration; an outdoor stairway decorated with statues of the prophets; and seven chapels illustrating the Stations of th...
Iguaçu National Park sight
Paraná State, Brazil
The park shares with Iguazú National Park in Argentina one of the worlds largest and most impressive waterfalls, extending over some 2,700 m. It is home to many rare and endangered species of flora and fauna, among them the giant otter and the giant anteater. The clouds of spray produced by the ...
Brasilia sight
Federal District, Brazil
Brasilia, a capital created ex nihilo in the centre of the country in 1956, was a landmark in the history of town planning. Urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer intended that every element from the layout of the residential and administrative districts (often compared to the sh...
Serra da Capivara National Park sight
Sud-est de Etat du Piaui Communes de Sao Raimundo Nonato, Sao Joao do Piaui et Canto do Butriti, Brazil
Many of the numerous rock shelters in the Serra da Capivara National Park are decorated with cave paintings, some more than 25,000 years old. They are an outstanding testimony to one of the oldest human communities of South America.
Historic Centre of São Luís sight
Maranhão State, Brasils North-East Region, Brazil
The late 17th-century core of this historic town, founded by the French and occupied by the Dutch before coming under Portuguese rule, has preserved the original rectangular street plan in its entirety. Thanks to a period of economic stagnation in the early 20th century, an exceptional number of fi...
Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves sight
Atlantic coast, states of Parana and Sao Paolo, Brazil
The Atlantic Forest South-East Reserves, in the states of Paraná and São Paulo, contain some of the best and most extensive examples of Atlantic forest in Brazil. The 25 protected areas that make up the site (some 470,000 ha in total) display the biological wealth and evolutionary history of the ...
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