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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BAS-RELIEF OF RIO DE JANEIRO
9, CANDELARIA STREET PALACE OF COMMERCE OR HOUSE OF BUSINESSMAN PROJECT BY HENRI PAUL PIERRE SAJOUS AND AUGUSTE RENDU, 1935 BUILT BY DOURADO S.A. MARBLE BAS-RELIEFS ALBERT FREYHOFFER, 1940 It is too much responsibility to be the “most beautiful bas-relief of the town”, in a town full of beautiful bas-reliefs. But the reader is going […]
IATE CLUBE DO RIO DE JANEIRO WALL
IATE CLUBE DO RIO DE JANEIRO 333, PASTEUR AVENUE We write today about the main wall of the Rio de Janeiro Yacht Club (Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro)[1], located in the pleasant neighborhood of Urca. Giant as the tradition of the club it protects, the wall was constructed between 1946 e 1947 and goes […]
THE SERGEANT MAJOR FERNANDO MARTINS DE BULHÕES
Dear readers, The June 13th is the day when Catholic Church celebrates one of the most popular patron saints of Portuguese culture – if not the most popular one. Many are the sympathies driven to the saint by those who desire to find someone to marry, making him known as the “matchmaker saint”. In Rio […]
GUIDED TOUR POSTPONED!
Hi everyone! Our guided tour was postponed to April, 8th. For more, see below. Dear friends, Hi everyone! On next April, 8th – a saturday, as usual – I am organizing the twentieth-second O RIO QUE O RIO NÃO VÊ guided tour. The visit is called Two Francis and a Martyr. In our itinerary we shall […]
MUNICIPAL THEATRE, PART 2: THE CARYATIDS
N/N, FLORIANO SQUARE RIO DE JANEIRO MUNICIPAL THEATRE PROJECT BY FRANCISCO DE OLIVEIRA PASSOS AND ALBERT GUILBERT, 1904 UNKNOWN AUTHORS EIGHT BRONZE SCULPTURES 1909 C. Atlantes[1] and caryatids – we´ve already seen here – are anthropomorphic ornamental structures[2] employed in buildings since classical antiquity. In most cases, they are responsible for the symbolical function of supporting […]
DARCY RIBEIRO CINEMA SCHOOL
5, ALFÂNDEGA STREET FORMER SOUTH AMERICA GERMAN BANK (DEUTSCH-SÜDAMERIKANISCHE BANK) NOW BRAZILIAN AUDIOVISUAL INSTITUTE (DARCY RIBEIRO CINEMA SCHOOL) Unknown author | Mortar bas reliefs | 1914 C. Positioned in the corners of Alfândega and Primeiro de Março Streets, the main entrance of this building is ornamented with the institution´s acronym – DSB, which stands for Deutsch-Südamerikanische Bank – […]