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LARGOS, CORETOS E PRAÇAS DE BELÉM - Monumenta

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As Praças<br />

108<br />

The Town Squares<br />

O caminho que conduziu os conquistadores da Amazônia.<br />

The path taken by the conquerors of the Amazon.<br />

A tosca paliçada erguida<br />

com a própria matéria-prima<br />

do lugar abrigava o que a<br />

engenharia militar portuguesa<br />

há muito tinha ensinado: uma<br />

praça das armas. Era o local<br />

adequado para manobras,<br />

guarda de armamentos e<br />

munição, cultos...<br />

Durante quase quatrocentos<br />

anos, o marco inicial de<br />

fundação de Belém – o Forte do<br />

The rough palisade built with<br />

local materials served to enclose<br />

what Portuguese military<br />

engineering had long taught to<br />

be necessary: a square of arms.<br />

It was the perfect place for<br />

maneuvering, for the storage of<br />

weapons and ammunition, for<br />

religious services...<br />

For almost four hundred<br />

years, Belém’s founding<br />

landmark – the Presépio Fort,

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