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LARGOS, CORETOS E PRAÇAS DE BELÉM - Monumenta

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tempo, com a resistência ao<br />

domínio da área do<br />

promontório de<br />

desembarque. Isso permitiu<br />

que houvesse um<br />

relaxamento cuidadoso do<br />

receio inicial dos europeus.<br />

Com o melhoramento da<br />

relação entre os índios e seus<br />

novos dominadores, estes<br />

ganharam confiança para sair<br />

daquele estreito cercado da<br />

paliçada para um espaço<br />

maior. A povoação começava<br />

a crescer.<br />

Depois de aberta a<br />

segunda clareira na selva, na<br />

parte externa da fortificação,<br />

surgiu um largo desmatado<br />

(provavelmente com<br />

anuência e ajuda dos<br />

tupinambás). Foram<br />

construídos casebres para<br />

abrigar madeira e<br />

providenciadas áreas abertas<br />

para a criação dos animais<br />

domésticos e pastagens para<br />

os de serviço.<br />

O ponto focal de<br />

expansão do primeiro<br />

povoado amazônico era<br />

formado pelo forte e pelo<br />

descampado. Foi ali o<br />

segundo largo do novo<br />

with those Indians eventually<br />

dispelled the resistance to the<br />

occupation of the area<br />

around the landing<br />

promontory. Thus, the<br />

Europeans were allowed to<br />

carefully let go of their initial<br />

fears.<br />

With the improvement in<br />

the relations between the<br />

Indians and the conquerors,<br />

the latter gained enough<br />

confidence to go beyond the<br />

restricted palisaded area out<br />

into wider spaces. The hamlet<br />

began to grow.<br />

After the second glade<br />

was opened in the forest,<br />

along the outer edges of the<br />

fortification, a wide clearing<br />

was created (probably with<br />

the tupinambás’ permission<br />

and aid). Shacks were built<br />

for storing wood, and open<br />

areas were provided where<br />

domestic animals could be<br />

raised and work animals<br />

could graze.<br />

The fort and the glade<br />

formed the focal point for the<br />

expansion of the first<br />

settlement in the Amazonian<br />

region. It was there that the<br />

second largo of the new urban<br />

Largos, Coretos e Praças de Belém<br />

15<br />

The Largos, Bandstands and Town Squares of Belém

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