Bizarre Brazil

The Marchioness of Santos lived at this house in Sao Paulo after the affair with Pedro the Imperor of Brazil. Today the house is a museum.

Domitilia de Castro Canto e Mello, later Marchioness of Santos and lover of Dom Pedro the First.

Men very important at Brazil Empire. The most important public man we Brazilian ever had without doubt, was José Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva.

1. Antonio de Araujo e Azevedo, Earl of da Barca [Conde da Barca] (Wikipedia: Portuguese only)
2. Pedro Jose Joaquim Vito de Menezes Coutinho, 6th Marquis of Marialva (Marques de Marialva) (Wikipedia: Portuguese only)
3. Jose Bonifacio de Andrada e Silva (Wikipedia: in English, in Portuguese)
4. Jose Clemente Pereira (Wikipedia: Portuguese only)
5. Bishop of Rio de Janeiro, José Caetano da Silva Coutinho (Wikipedia: Portuguese only)

I love this image! Here, Dom Pedro speaks with his guards - not giving a shit for the guy who is kissing his hand! The man was a piece of work! Philander, womanizer, very good father and king of two crowns, Brazil and Portugal.

Dom Pedro I (Wikipedia: in English, in Portuguese)

Dom Pedro was declared emperor of Brazil

Dom Pedro I coronation

Carlota Joaquina, the ugliest creature of all kingdoms, of all times (Wikipedia in English, in Portuguese)

Leopoldina (Wikipdia, in English, in Portuguese)

Leopoldina arrived at Brazil

Leopoldina funeral

Princess Amelia Leuchtenberg (Wikipedia: in English, in Portuguese)

Marriage of Amelia Leuchtenberg and Dom Pedro I

Brazil is a Catholic country, not fervently…

Christmas’ angel

Beating Judas Iscariot - similar Guy Fawkes

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That draw is one of my favourite from the third tome of Debret oeuvre about Brazil. It is a piece of very good humor!

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Slaves going to mass

Slaves going to be baptised

Marriage of slaves

Seller of arruda, a medicinal plant

Seller of cookies and flowers