Things to see in Belém
Belém is a city in Brazil, with an urban population of about 2.2 million. Below are 20 notable places within about 4 km of the centre, ranked by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
1Theatro da Paz History
Theatro da Paz (Theater of Peace) is a theater located in the Praça da República (Republic Square) on the city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, in Brazil.
2Our Lady of Grace Cathedral Place of worship
The Our Lady of Grace Cathedral also called Catedral Nossa Senhora de Belém. It is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Belém do Pará and is located in the old quarter of the city in Belém in Brazil.
3Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile Place of worship
The Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile is a minor basilica of the Catholic Church located in the city of Belém, Pará, Brazil.
4Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Museum
The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, commonly shortened MPEG, is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil.
5Church of Saint Anne Place of worship
The Church of Saint Anne, also known as Church of Our Lady of Saint Anne of Campina (Igreja de Nossa Senhora de Sant'Ana da Campina), is a Catholic church located in the neighborhood of Campina, Belém, in Pará.
6Forte do Castelo de Belém History
Forte do Presépio is a fort located in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built in 1616 by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco at Maúri Point, a promontory on the right bank of the mouth of the Guamá River and Guajará Bay.
7Bosque Rodrigues Alves Park
The Rodrigues Alves Park and Botanical Garden of Amazonia, or simply Rodrigues Alves Park (initially called Marco da Légua Municipal Park) is a Brazilian environmental preservation area located in the Marco neighborhood, in the city of Belém, the capital of the state of Pará.
8Antônio Lemos Palace Art
The Palácio Antônio Lemos, also called the Belém Art Museum, is a public building, palace, museum, and the city hall of Belém, built in 1860 by José da Gama Abreu, in the context of the rubber cycle.
9Ver-o-Peso Market History
The Ver-o-Peso Market, Mercado Municipal Bolonha de Peixe, Mercado de Ferro, or Ver-o-Peso is a street market and fair, and small port area inaugurated in 1901 (replacing the "Casa de Haver-o-Peso", 1625-1899) that is part of the Ver-o-Peso Complex (1625).
10Praça do Relógio History
The Siqueira Campos Square or Clock Square (Praça do Relógio) is a public space located at the Ver-o-Peso Dock, in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Belém, capital of Pará.
11Church of Saint John the Baptist Place of worship
The Church of Saint John the Baptist, also known as the Igreja de São Joãozinho, is a colonial temple located in Líbano Square, also known as Largo de São João, in the city of Belém, in the Brazilian state of Pará.
12Cemetery Nossa Senhora da Soledade History
Our Lady of Solitude Cemetery is a former cemetery and, nowadays, an urban park in Brazil, originally established as a public necropolis in 1850 by Captain Joaquim Vitorino de Sousa Cabral in the Batista Campos neighborhood of Belém, Pará.
13Cine Olympia History
The Cine Olympia, currently known as the Cine Olympia Municipal Space, is a movie theater that inaugurated in 1912 in the Campina district, in the Brazilian municipality of Belém, capital of the state of Pará.
14Mercado de São Brás History
The São Brás Market is a historic building located in the Brazilian city of Belém, in the state of Pará. It was built during the Amazon rubber cycle.
15Convento dos Mercedários Place of worship
The Convent of the Mercedarians is a historic building located in the Brazilian city of Belém, Pará. It is part of the architectural complex that includes the Mercedarian Convent and the Church of Our Lady Mercy.
16Francisco Bolonha Meat Market Shopping
The Francisco Bolonha Municipal Meat Market, Bolonha Market (Mercado Bolonha) or simply Meat Market (Mercado de Carne), is a structure built in 1867 that belongs to the Ver-o-Peso Complex.
17Solar da Beira History
Solar da Beira is a public building designed in the neoclassical architectural style that integrates the Ver-o-Peso Complex. It is located in the Brazilian city of Belém, Pará, in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, on the shores of Guajará Bay.
18Art Museum of Belém Art
The Belém Museum of Art (MABE) is a public municipal museum located in the city of Belém, capital of the state of Pará, Brazil. Founded in 1991, it is subordinated to the Cultural Foundation of the Municipality of Belém (FUMBEL).
19Doca do Ver-o-Peso History
Ver-o-Peso Dock is an open-air municipal public fish market and a small port area that belongs to the Ver-o-Peso Complex, located on the shores of Guajará Bay in the Cidade Velha neighborhood, in the city of Belém, the capital of Pará, Brazil.
20State Historical Museum of Pará Museum
The Pará State Museum, officially the Pará State Historical Museum (Museu Histórico do Estado do Pará), or MHEP, is a Brazilian government institute created in 1981 and currently housed in the Lauro Sodré Palace, in the Cidade Velha district of Belém.
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