Arquivo mensal: abril 2018
RIO OF ALL SAINTS: SAINT MARK THE EVANGELIST
Hi, everyone! On April 25th the Christianity celebrates the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist, and therefore we pay here a simple tribute to this saint, one of the four evangelists, besides showing some invocations of his image in the city. Mark – or John Mark, according to some authors – was born around 10 […]
O RIO DE TODOS OS SANTOS: SÃO MARCOS
Olá, amigos! No dia 25 de abril comemora-se o Dia de São Marcos – além do aniversário da minha querida primogênita, a Malu -, e portanto fazemos aqui uma singela homenagem a este santo que foi um dos quatro evangelistas, além de mostrar algumas invocações de sua imagem na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Marcos […]
JOAQUIM´S PALACES
This is not a blog about History. This is a blog about Architecture, if anything. But there are moments in which History and Architecture mix up in a way that it gets impossible to mention one without referring to the other. That said, it is mandatory to remember the story of the construction of the […]
THE HEYDENREICH BUILDING, PART 1
24 ALVARO ALVIM STREET HEYDENREICH BUILDING, DESIGNED IN 1926 C. UNKNOWN AUTHOR | MORTAR BAS-RELIEF | 1926 As the Patron of Merchants, the roman god Mercury – Hermes, for the greek -, is the absolute champion of uses in Rio façades. He is everywhere, from the small commerce of the nineteenth century still standing sobrados to the […]
RIO OF ALL SAINTS: SAINT GEORGE
Hi, folks! Lately I´ve been gathering the references to catholic saints that occur in some tile sets in some Rio´s North Zone residences – most of them owned by portuguese natives. I intend to publish them some day, when the “collection” increases. In the meantime, and due to the proximity of Saint George Day – […]