LOCATION They developed in the Altiplano region, which is located on the Collao plateau, surrounded by the Eastern and Western mountain ranges of the southern Andes. In the middle of this area is Lake Titicaca, which is the vital center of this place. When the influence of Tiahuanaco disappeared, th
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
He had carried out a remarkable action by breaking the blockade, by facing combat without detriment to the landing operations of his cargo and, above all, by successfully carrying out the second break of the blockade, says the historian Jorge Basadre. On March 17, 1880, the corvette Union, a Peruv
The culture ofSouthern Brazil , formed by Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, is characterized by the influence of immigrants who arrived mainly during the 19th century, where they left an undeniable importance in the formation of the Brazilian people. According to 1998 data from the IBGE