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Art Gallery Attractions In State of Rio Grande do Sul

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Rio Grande do Sul is a state located in the southern region of Brazil. It is the fifth most populous state and the ninth largest by area. Located in the southernmost part of the country, Rio Grande do Sul is bordered clockwise by Santa Catarina to the north and northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, the Uruguayan departments of Rocha, Treinta y Tres, Cerro Largo, Rivera and Artigas to the south and southwest, and the Argentine provinces of Corrientes and Misiones to the west and northwest. The capital and largest city is Porto Alegre. The state has the highest life expectancy in Brazil, and the crime rate is considered to be low.Despite the high st...
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  • 2. Fundacao Ibere Camargo Porto Alegre
    The Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation is an art museum located in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Officially established in 1978, it is a not-for-profit private institution, legally declared as an organization of federal public interest. It was created by the Brazilian collector and philanthropist Ema Gordon Klabin , with the purpose of preserving and displaying her art collection, as well as promoting cultural, artistic and scientific activities. The foundation is headquartered in Ema's former house in Jardins district, specially designed by architect Alfredo Ernesto Becker in the 1950s to hold her collection. The house is surrounded by a 4,000 square meters garden projected by Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx.The Foundation's collection includes more than 1,500 pieces...
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  • 6. Santander Cultural Porto Alegre
    The CONMEBOL Libertadores, named as Copa Libertadores de América , is an annual international club football competition organized by CONMEBOL since 1960. It is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in South American football. The tournament is named in honor of the Libertadores , the main leaders of the South American wars of independence, so a literal translation of its name into English would be Liberators of America Cup or Liberators of the Americas Cup. The competition has had several different formats over its lifetime. At the beginning, only the champions of the South American leagues participated. In 1966, the runners-up of the South American leagues began to join. In 1998, Mexican teams were invited to compete, and have cont...
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  • 12. Aldo Locatelli Art Gallery Porto Alegre
    Aldo Locatelli was an Italian painter. His most important works are the frescos and panels in churches and public buildings of Rio Grande do Sul. Locatelli was born in northern Italy and was interested in art from an early age. In 1948 he went to Brazil at the invitation of Don Antonio Zattera , bishop of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, to paint the Cathedral San Francisco de Paula de Pelotas. At that time he was working in the cathedral of Genoa, Italy. The frescoes in the Cathedral of Pelotas and stations of the Cross in the Church of St. Pelegrini in Caxias do Sul, which took ten years to complete, and are considered his greatest works. His last work was the painting of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which was unfinished because of his death.
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