{"id":633,"date":"2010-10-18T22:33:12","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T22:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dur.ac.uk\/paul.hodgkinson\/wordpress\/?p=633"},"modified":"2023-03-09T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T13:36:28","slug":"rio-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ph-images.webspace.durham.ac.uk\/index.php\/2010\/10\/rio-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio I"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first of three posts from a short trip to Rio de Janiero in mid July for a workshop.<\/p>\n

Tourism Day 1<\/strong> (pre workshop)
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\"CentroStatue\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Statue in Pra\u00e7a XV [22 54 12 S, 43 10 29 W], which refers to the deposition of the Emperor of Brazil on 15 November 1889 by the military and the declaration of a republic<\/a> – part of long history of history of complex relations between civil and military powers in South America.<\/p>\n

\"CentroStreets\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The streets of downtown Rio are pretty quiet on a weekend (Sunday), and not in a particularly good way.\u00a0 Note the “mosaic” pavements, which just like those in the home country of Portugal take a lot of looking after to stay in good condition!<\/p>\n

\"MuseumNativeCulture\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Gallery dedicated to native cultures in the small, but perfectly formed, National Historical Museum of Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"MuseumCarriages\"<\/a> \"MuseumEarlyCar\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Carriages and an early car from the transport section.<\/p>\n

\"MuseumEarlyCoins\"<\/a> \"MuseumEnglishCoins\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The extensive coin collections include some very early coinage (left) [coins 2 and 3, for example, are from the the kingdom in Lydia in about the 5th-6th century B.C] and some early English coins (right) [23 is a groat<\/a> from the reign of Edward III].<\/p>\n

\"RioCathdedralOutside\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RioCathedral\"<\/a> \"RioCathedral2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The striking cathedral of Rio<\/a>, S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o.<\/p>\n

\"CopacabanaBeach\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Copacabana beach<\/a> at dusk. The hotel was close to the Leme end of the beach – a fine location for sight-seeing, but it meant that getting to and from the University involved negotiating Rio’s terrible rush hour traffic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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