18 Sights in Belém, Brazil (with Map and Images)
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Welcome to your journey through the most beautiful sights in Belém, Brazil! Whether you want to discover the city's historical treasures or experience its modern highlights, you'll find everything your heart desires here. Be inspired by our selection and plan your unforgettable adventure in Belém. Dive into the diversity of this fascinating city and discover everything it has to offer.
Sightseeing Tours in Belém1. Parque Zoobotânico do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, commonly shortened MPEG, is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil. It was founded in 1866 by Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna as the Pará Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, and was later named in honor of Swiss naturalist Émil August Goeldi, who reorganized the institution and was its director from 1894 to 1905. It is now the "main research center on natural systems and sociocultural processes of the Brazilian Amazon." The museum and zoological park are listed as protected sites by both the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, and the Department of Historic, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of the state of Pará.
2. Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Mercês
The Church of Our Lady of Mercy is located in Visconde do Rio Branco Square, popularly known as Praça das Mercês, in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is an integral part of the architectural ensemble of the Mercedarian Convent.
3. Theatro da Paz
Theatro da Paz is a theater located in the Praça da República on the city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, in Brazil. It was built following neoclassical architectural lines during the golden age of rubber in Amazon Basin. It is considered the most important culture house in northern Brazil. Its name has been suggested by bishop D. Macedo Costa, who also launched the foundation stone of the theater on March 3, 1869.
4. Igreja de Santo Alexandre
The Church and College of St. Alexander were the headquarters of the Society of Jesus in the city of Belém do Pará at the time of Colonial Brazil. The former Jesuit complex, one of the most important still existing in the country, currently houses the Museum of Sacred Art of Pará.
5. Mangal das Garças
Mangal das Garças, inaugurated on January 12, 2005, is located on the banks of the Guamá River, in the heart of the historic center of Belém do Pará, in the vicinity of the Navy Arsenal. The ecological park is the result of the revitalization of an area of 40,000 m², a synthesis of the Amazonian environment in the heart of the capital of Pará. The floodplain forests, the animals of the region and more than three hundred species of native trees are present in the space.
6. Parque da Residência
Parque da Residência is a park and theater in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil. Between 1913 and the end of the 1980s, it was the official residence of the state's governors, home to parliamentarians Enéas Martins (1913-1917), Lauro Sodré (1917-1921) and Magalhães Barata (1930-1935). It was also the headquarters of the Executive Secretariat of Culture (SECULT) of the state of Pará. After renovation, it was transformed into a cultural tourist space (park). It was listed as a cultural heritage of the state of Pará by the DPHAC in 1982.
7. Mercado Ver-o-Peso
The Ver-o-Peso Market, Mercado Municipal Bolonha de Peixe, Mercado de Ferro, or Ver-o-Peso is a street market and fair, and small port area inaugurated in 1901 that is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex (1625). It is located in the city of Belém (Pará) in the neighborhood of Campina, on the shores of Guajará Bay, next to the Docks Station.
8. Teatro Maria Sylvia Nunes
The Maria Sylvia Nunes Theater is a government theater founded in 2002, located in the Estação das Docas cultural complex, in Belém do Pará, it is one of the most modern and sophisticated concert halls in the North region.
9. Forte do Castelo
Forte do Presépio is a fort located in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built in 1616 by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco at Maúri Point, a promontory on the right bank of the mouth of the Guamá River and Guajará Bay. The first chapel in Belém was located in the fort. It was a temporary structure and was dedicated to Our Lady of Grace, and was moved a few years later to the current Largo da Sé, and became the Cathedral of Our Lady of Grace in the 18th century. The fort was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1961.
10. Palacete Bolonha
The Bolonha Mansion is a historic residence in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built between 1905 and 1908 by the architect Francisco Bolonha (1872–1939) as a gift to his wife Alice Tem-Brink; he is also noted as the father of the modernist architect Francisco de Paula Lemos Bolonha. Bolonha was travelled extensively to Europe, and his works were greatly influence by Gustave Eiffel. The Bolonha Palace is a strong example of eclectic architecture in Brazil. It was listed as a historic structure by the Department of Historic, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Pará in 1982.
11. Casa das Onze Janelas
The House of the Eleven Windows Cultural Space, initially called Palace of the Eleven Windows, is a complex composed of a public square and a historical building located in the Brazilian city of Belém, in Pará.
12. Estação das Docas
The Estação das Docas is a Brazilian tourist-cultural complex and multi-environmental space created in 2000. It is located in the Campina neighborhood, in Belém, the capital of Pará, and was originally built as part of the city's port. It is currently managed by the Pará 2000 Social Organization.
13. Praça Siqueira Campos
The Siqueira Campos Square or Clock Square is a public space located at the Ver-o-Peso Dock, in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará. The site, which is known for housing a huge English clock, comprises a total area of 2,727.45m², 1,246.78m² of paved area and 1,480.67m² of green area.
14. Igreja do Carmo
The Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic church located in the historic center of Belém. The current building dates back to the 18th century and was designed by several architects, including Antônio Landi. It was restored in 2015 on the initiative of the Archdiocese of Belém do Pará in partnership with Vale and the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN). It was listed as a national heritage site by IPHAN in 1941.
15. Memorial de Navegação da Amazônia
The Amazonian Navigation Memorial (MAN) is a Brazilian historical museum in Belém, Pará, inaugurated in 2005. It has in its collection exhibitions and objects that recall the relationship of the man of the Amazon with the waters, as well as the participation of the Brazilian Navy in historical events in Pará.
16. Basílica Santuário de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré
The Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of Nazareth of Desterro or better known as Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth or simply Basilica of Nazareth, is a Catholic religious temple located in Belém, in the capital of the state of Pará and it began to be erected in 1909, in the place where the image of Our Lady of Nazareth was found by Plácido José de Souza in the city of Belém, in the state of Pará, on the banks of the Murutucu Creek.
Wikipedia: Basílica de Nossa Senhora de Nazaré (PT), Website
17. Centro de Ciências e Planetário do Pará
The Science Center and Planetarium of Pará – Sebastião Sodré da Gama, better known as the Planetarium of Pará, is a science museum linked to the University of the State of Pará (UEPA), located in the city of Belém, Pará. It was the first of its kind in the northern region of Brazil, founded on September 30, 1999.
18. Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
The Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará, popularly known as the Goeldi Museum, is a public museum and scientific institution and a Brazilian zoobotanical park, founded in 1911 by the naturalist Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, in the Brazilian municipality of Belém, linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Federal Government. It is the first zoobotanical park in Brazil, the oldest scientific institution in the Amazon, and the second Brazilian natural history museum.
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