The Convento das Mercês, which was placed under the invocation of Our Lady of the Assumption, althou
The late 17th-century core of this historic town, founded by the French and occupied by the Dutch be
Rua Portugal is part of the neighborhood of Praia Grande and it is there that are the main houses, s
Its current name was given after the construction of a bronze statue in honor of Benedito Pereira Le
One of the oldest historical monuments and important of São Luís do Maranhão, the Cathedral (or Metr
In the midst of the Maranhaean cotton cycle, in 1815, two Portuguese merchants, desirous of attendin
The preserved Solar Gomes de Sousa, erected in 1836, was transformed into a museum in 1973. The obje
From one of the central avenues in Lamego (Avenida Dr. Alfredo de Sousa), climb to the top of the hi