Marshal Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Duque de Caxias , was born on August 25, 1803, in Porto Estrela, Rio de Janeiro and died on May 7, 1880, in Valença (RJ). Career military, he acted in practically all the conflicts that happened in Brazil in the 19th century. He participated in the wars of indepe
The Quilombo dos Palmares was one of the many quilombos of the Brazilian colonial era and its origin dates back to 1580. Palmares was the refuge for runaway slaves from the captaincies of Pernambuco and Bahia. What is Quilombo? The word “quilombo ” has Bantu etymology and refers to the warrior ca
Antônio Carlos Brasileiro de Almeida Jobim,Tom Jobim , was a Brazilian composer, guitarist, pianist, flutist, arranger and producer. He recorded more than thirty albums, was one of the inventors of Bossa Nova and is considered one of the biggest names in world music in the 20th century. Biography
The sugar mill designates the place where sugar was produced during the colonial period. These mills appeared in the 16th century, when sugarcane was planted in Brazil. They had buildings for grinding sugar cane, places to transform the juice into molasses and rapadura, a chapel, a house for the o