Azulejos – the Portuguese tiles everywhere in Brazil

Azulejos, the very typical Portuguese white and blue tilework, can still be found in several Brazilian cities, generally remnant from the colonial years. They began to arrive in the country around 1630 and were used …

The royal wedding (Brazilian version)

Brazil had its own share of royal weddings – with all the pomp and drama. The country’s two emperors had three weddings between them during the 19th century.
Dom Pedro I (that should have been renamed …

30 words that separate Brazil from Portugal

 
You spend a few years in Portugal and then disembark in Brazil – just to learn you cannot communicate with the locals.
England and America are two countries separated by a common language – said the …

Brazilian colonial beauties

Paço Imperial, Rio

The Portuguese colonial style is very consistent – you find its characteristics in houses and churches constructed between the 16th and the 18th centuries wherever Lisbon established its governors. Naturally, early colonial houses …