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Praça Batista Campos
Batista Campos Square
In the nineteenth century, the land belonged to Mary of Manoj Figueira and Salvaterra, and is therefore known as "Square Salvaterra. With the death of the owner, the land did belong to the City of Bethlehem, starting to call themselves "Sergipe Square" in honor of the new Brazilian province.
In 1897, during the administration of mayor Antonio Lemos, the square began to honor one of the main characters of Cabanagem: Canon Batista Campos, who died in 1834. At the time the field was a broad plain with some hoses and a central garden. Three years later, when it was inaugurated on February 14, 1904, was already one of the finest squares in Bethlehem
Obeying the plan "gardens without bars", the square had fourteen entries. Later on the sidewalks of the Square received coating marajoaras Portuguese mosaic motifs. The plaza has a gazebo, watercourses and bridges are landscaped gardens with native trees.
Praça Batista Campos was listed by county in 1983. In 1986, he won new equipment and went looking for a restaurant features lost in the early twentieth century, during the first reform.
Since 1997, the Association of Friends of the photo! (AAPBC) also helps to preserve it.
In 2005, she won the "Top 100 Award Brazil," Journal of selections, as the most beautiful square in the country.
In 2008, the square has undergone a major restoration undertaking coordinated by Engetower Engineering, gaining a more modern and organized, while maintaining its main features, such as your landscaping without railings, ornamental plants, streams, bridges, benches, arbors, gazebos and fountains iron.
Today is named as one of the most beautiful environments in the capital of Pará has almost 3 million square feet of building area, is located in the quadrilateral formed by Serzedelo Correa, Mundurucus, Tamoios Father and Eutyches. Also classified as a cultural space where visitors can practice physical activities, leisure or just search for peace and quiet (PIETRY, 2010).
Every day hundreds of people visit the square and the street because it requires care and maintenance, all that does not lose its "European charm, conquered and held until today. The conservation and maintenance of the square is for the municipal government. (DIARY OF PARA, 2001, p.8)
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Activities near to Praça Batista Campos
| Debret Gallery (gallery) -
The love of art gallerist Diori Guimaraes led to continuing the work of her brother, the painter Mario Pinto Guimaraes, who died in 1997 and founder of Debret Art Gallery. Working in a house of 1899, the gallery was founded three decades ago.
The Art Gallery Debret promotes cultural meetings, lectures and art workshops with renown artists. It offers the public a library with collections of A. Balloni Arthur Frazã... Address: R. Arcipreste Manoel Teodoro, 630 - Batista Campos Belém - PA, 66015-040 Distance: 0.44km from the Praça Batista Campos | |
| Arte Brasil-Estados Unido Museum (museum) -
The Cultural Center Brazil - United States is a civil society in educational, cultural and social non-profit. It has, among its main objectives, the constant search for improved quality of services offered. In this sense, since December 2001, the CCBEU secured ISO 9001 certification in order to better serve society and is also the first English school in the region to receive such certificate.
Day 29 May 1991 marked... Address: Tv. Padre Eutíquio, 1309 - Batista Campos, Belem, Brazil Distance: 0.51km from the Praça Batista Campos | |
| Edgard Gallery (gallery) - Galeria Edgard Contente
CCBEU - Centro Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos
Address:
Tv. Pe. Eutíquio, 1309 - B.
Telephone:
55 91 3242 9455
Hours:
3 to 6 th Tuesday from 09am to 12pm and from 13h to 19h30
Saturday: 9am to 12pm
Address: Tv. Pe. Eutíquio, 1309 - B., Belem, Brazil Distance: 0.51km from the Praça Batista Campos |
Restaurants near to Praça Batista Campos
| Empório Mineiro is a Southeast Brazilian restaurant that is roughly 0.00km from Praça Batista Campos and can be found at Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 715 |
| Casa Velha is a Pub restaurant that is roughly 0.00km from Praça Batista Campos and can be found at Travessa Padre Eutíquio, 1818 |
| Adega João de Barro is a Wine restaurant that is roughly 0.00km from Praça Batista Campos and can be found at Travessa Padre Eutíquio, 1780 |
| Bar do Pixito is a Steak House restaurant that is roughly 0.00km from Praça Batista Campos and can be found at Av. Serzedelo Corrêa, 833 |
Hotels near to Praça Batista Campos
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