Rodrigues Alves was a Brazilian politician, 5th President of the Republic of Brazil (3rd civil president), who ruled the country from 1902 to 1906, in the period called “Old Republic” (1889-1930) after the mandate of Campos Sales. A farmer from São Paulo, Alves represented an important figure, supp
Jean-Baptiste Debret (1768-1848) was a French painter who left a very important collection for the study of Brazilian history. He was Napoleons court painter, as well as being official painter of the Portuguese Crown in Brazil. It is for this reason that his works depict official events and that he
The forgotten chronicle. A chapter in the history of our capital on the occasion of its 480th anniversary. If we were in Hollywood and its machinery for extolling American history, there would possibly be dozens of movies and everyone would be talking in the media about The Battle of the Five Presid
A study carried out on several portraits of some members of this dynasty has revealed new data on the relationship between consanguinity practiced by its members for more than 200 years and the appearance of certain facial deformities such as mandibular prognathism or maxillary deficiency. Carlos