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Cidade Velha



It is an older part of the city with many fine mansions built in the French style popular during the rubber boom. In the Praça do Relógio, named for the replica of London's Big Ben, are the Palácio Antõnio Lemos with the Museo da Cidade. Also called the Blue Palace for the blue tiles, it's a Brazilian imperial style building with huge rooms and imported furnishings. The Palácio Lauro Sodré was built in the 1770s for Portuguese crown officials and contains period paintings, a chapel, stables and a dungeon.

  ·Around Belém
  ·Avenida Nazaré: The Basílica and Museu Goeldi
  ·Bosque Rodrigo Alves
  ·Cidade Velha


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