Tag: empire

Statue of Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro

128 Years After the End of the Empire, Brazilians Still Pay a Tax to the Emperor’s Heirs

With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petrópolis, a ...

Brazil Empire Through the Eyes of an Arab Imam

This is the only known record of the outlook of a Muslim Arab into ...

Brazil’s Onze de Junho: A Place Popular in Song

On 11 June 1865, the Brazilian navy, engaged in the Triple Alliance War against ...