Bahia

Synonymous with allure and magnetism, the history of Bahia gets mixed up with the history of the country.  It was the first place where the Portuguese docked in Brazil, in 1500.  It’s coast was the main focus of the Lusitanian colonization, an intense movement of trade with Europe, Asia, and Africa, while the countryside was [...]
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Mato Grosso do Sul

Mato Grosso do Sul is located in the central western part of Brazil. It borders  the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso, Distrito federal, Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and also Bolivia and Paraguai. This strategic position marked the history of the state, which was separated from the state of Mato Grosso only a couple of decades [...]
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Cearà

For ages Ceará was forgotten by the Portuguese crown. This lack of interest left this state one century behind the rest of the country in terms of growth. In spite of this, many adventurers explored this no mans land: Spanish, Dutch and French pirates fought over the control of this region against the indigenous tribes, [...]
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Maranhão

Maranhão has been the scene of some important historical moments and it is a fascinating cultural melting pot of different races: blacks, indigenous and white, a phenomenon that turns this region in a Brazilian explosion of rhythms, colours and flavours. This forced encounter gave birth to a popular culture with its own identity, truly authentic [...]
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Amazonas

The Amazon region was first visited by the grub breaker in 1541. At the start of the XVII century the Lusitanian domain found difficult to control suck a wide stretch of land, too busy to contain violent conflicts with the indigenous populations and to defend it from the numerous foreign expeditions. Diverse religious groups started [...]
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Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is a very interesting cultural melting pot that begins with the discovery of the gold and other precious stones towards the end of the XVII century. The gold rush was the spark for the construction of the first cobblestone streets of Brazil, followed by a rapid urban process and the birth of a [...]
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Rio de Janeiro

A landscape carved by history, culture and nature. These are the essential components of the state of Rio de Janeiro. The Fluminense coast was initially exploited by the Portuguese, in search of the precious pau-brasil, and then followed by different invasions including the French, the most threatening one. In the XVIII century, due to the [...]
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Piauì

During its brutal process of occupation, Piauí was where a massive genocide of Indigenous tribes took place. Contrary to the rest of the Brazilian coast, the state of Piauí was first colonised inland and then gradually towards the coast. The large cattle farms grew up, hand in hand, with the conquest of the land, being [...]
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Pernambuco

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Alagoas

The State of Alagoas is located between the States of Sergipe, Pernambuco and Bahia, in the northeastern part of Brazil. In the past the region was inhabited by an indigenous people called Caetés. At the beginning of the colonization process it was considered a strategic point because it’s located between the two most important sugar [...]
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Santa Catarina

The State of Santa Catarina is located in the southern coast of the South Region of Brazil. The first inhabitants to take possession of the place were the Spanish in 1542. The Portuguese arrived there in 1675, and in 1738 they made it a captaincy. The current region of Santa Catarina is inhabited by European [...]
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Rio Grande do Norte

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Foz de Iguaçu

// // ]]>Foz do Iguaçu is located in the extreme west of the State of Paraná, on the border of Brazil with Paraguay and Argentina. Together with the Argentine cities of Ciudad Del Est and Puerto Iguazu, it forms part of one the largest cultural tourism poles in South America. The [...]
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Sao Paulo

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