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LARGOS, CORETOS E PRAÇAS DE BELÉM - Monumenta

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Amparados na riqueza<br />

gerada pela economia da<br />

borracha entre o fim do século<br />

XIX e o início do século XX,<br />

os governos municipais<br />

trouxeram para a cidade parte<br />

da cultura urbanística e<br />

paisagística dos maiores<br />

centros europeus.<br />

Foi a época da chamada<br />

“arquitetura metalúrgica”, que<br />

era utilizada das mais diversas<br />

formas construtivas e<br />

decorativas, cujos principais<br />

expoentes foram:<br />

Grã-Bretanha, França, Bélgica<br />

e Alemanha.<br />

Apesar de dezenas de<br />

fundições concorrerem no<br />

mercado internacional,<br />

destacou-se como fornecedor<br />

ao Brasil dos produtos de ferro<br />

fundido pré-fabricados a<br />

Saracen Foundry, de Glasgow,<br />

na Escócia, pertencente à<br />

firma Walter Macfarlane & Co.<br />

Sua agressiva política de<br />

vendas baseada em catálogos<br />

com centenas de tipos e<br />

formas, permitiu-lhe vantagem<br />

no mercado público e privado<br />

brasileiro.<br />

OS <strong>CORETOS</strong><br />

The Bandstands<br />

In the late 19 th and early<br />

20 th century, relying on the<br />

wealth generated by the<br />

flourishing of the rubber<br />

economy, municipal<br />

governments brought into the<br />

city elements of the<br />

town-planning and<br />

landscaping culture of the<br />

major European centers.<br />

That was the time of the<br />

so-called “metallurgical<br />

architecture”, which was used<br />

in many different ways, both in<br />

construction and in decoration,<br />

mainly in Great Britain, France,<br />

Belgium and Germany.<br />

Although dozens of<br />

different foundries then<br />

competed in the international<br />

markets, the main exporter of<br />

prefabricated cast iron<br />

products to Brazil was Saracen<br />

Foundry, from Glasgow,<br />

Scotland, belonging to the firm<br />

Walter Macfarlane & Co. Its<br />

aggressive sales policy, based<br />

on catalogs with hundreds of<br />

products of all shapes and<br />

forms, gave it an advantageous<br />

position in Brazilian public and<br />

private markets.<br />

Largos, Coretos e Praças de Belém<br />

83<br />

The Largos, Bandstands and Town Squares of Belém

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