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Owner. City of Manaus. National Historic Heritage of Brazil. The Mercado Adolpho Lisboa, also called Mercado Municipal or Mercadão (big market), is a marketplace located in Manaus, Brazil. It lies on the shore of the Rio Negro. The market was constructed between 1880 and 1883. The building was based on the Les Halles marketplace of Paris, France.
Manaus ( Portuguese: [mɐˈnaws, ma-] ⓘ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2022 population of 2,063,689 distributed over a land area of about 11,401 km 2 (4,402 sq mi). Located at the east centre of the state, the city is the centre of the Manaus ...
South-Central Zone. Adrianopólis is an upper class neighborhood in the South-Central Zone of Manaus, Amazonas. [1] The neighborhood's Human Development Index (HDI) is very high, and is the largest of the city's neighborhoods and similar to that of Norway. Its old name was Vila Municipal (Town Village), by its origins related to small villages.
Shopping Iguatemi São Paulo – the first mall in the city and also the first one in Brazil, located on Faria Lima Avenue Shopping Iguatemi JK Shopping Light – in the Centro district, near Gallery of Rock and the Municipal Theater; the building was the past home of the extinct São Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company
Amazon Theatre. / 3.13028°S 60.02333°W / -3.13028; -60.02333. The Amazon Theatre ( Portuguese: Teatro Amazonas) is an opera house located in Manaus, in the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. It is the location of the annual Festival Amazonas de Ópera (Amazonas Opera Festival) and the home of the Amazonas Philharmonic Orchestra ...
History of Manaus. 1562 map of the Amazon River region. The history of Manaus, with over 350 years of existence, coincides with the history of Brazil. The process of European occupation began in the middle of the 16th century, when explorer Francisco de Orellana arrived from Peru and intended to go to Spain. [1]
The port of Manaus, the region's most populous city, at the meeting of the Rio Negro and the Amazon River, recorded 13.59 meters (44.6 ft) of water on Monday compared to 17.60 a year ago ...
The European influence later became notable in Manaus and Belém, in the architecture and culture; and the two cities enjoyed their greatest economies and influence in the 19th century. The Amazon Basin was the source in the era for nearly 40% of all Brazil's exports. The new riches of Manaus made the city the world capital in the sale of diamonds.