Belém

Situation and Characteristics

Belém, situated 160km/100mi south of the Equator on the Baía de Marajó, the estuary of the Rio Tocantins and the Rio do Pará, is capital of the state of Pará.

Bus station

Praça do Operário

Airport

Aeroporto International Val de Cans

History

The town was founded as a river port on January 12th 1616, soon after the expulsion of the French from São Luís. It was designed to prevent, or at any rate to make more difficult, any settlement by foreigners in the north of Portuguese America.

Cathedral Cirio de Nazare Ilha de Marajo Sao Joao Batista Ver-O-Peso Basilica de Nazare Carmelite Convent

Emilio Goeldi Museum Feira do Acai Forte do Castelo Jesuit College of Santo Alexandre Ladeira do Castelo Nossa Senhora das Merces Our Lady of the Rosary of the Blacks Church

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