Porto Alegre is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fifth largest metropolitan area,with 4,405,760 inhabitants (2010). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.
Rio Grande do Sul is a state 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 relatively low compared to the Brazilian national average. Despite the high standard of living,unemployment is still high in the state,as of 2017. The state has 5.4% of the Brazilian population and it is responsible for 6.6% of the Brazilian GDP.
The Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul is a Brazilian public federal research university based in Porto Alegre,Rio Grande do Sul. UFRGS is among the largest and highest-rated universities in Brazil,having one of the largest number of scientific publications. From 2012 to 2019,the university was elected as the best federal university of Brazil. UFRGS has over 31,000 undergraduate students,over 12,000 graduate students,and more than 2,600 faculty members. As a Brazilian public federal institution,students do not pay tuition fees to enroll in courses offered by the university.
Augusto Pestana was a Brazilian engineer and politician. Born in Rio de Janeiro,Pestana moved in the late 1880s to Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil's southernmost state,where he would become a specialist in railroad engineering and public administration,as well as one of the main leaders of the Republican Party of Rio Grande do Sul (PRR).
Viamão is a city in Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil. In size it is the largest municipality in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre and the seventh most populous in the state.
Júlio de Castilhos is a municipality of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil. The population is 19,224 in an area of 1,929.38 km². Its elevation is 529 m,516 m at the meteorological station and 503.81 m at the railway station. It is located 627 km west of the state capital of Porto Alegre,northeast of Alegrete. The city is considered the Brazilian capital of the Charolais cattle.
Pinhal Grande is a municipality of the central part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil.
Júlio de Castilhos Museum is a museum located in the city of Porto Alegre. It is the oldest museum in Rio Grande do Sul state.
The roots of Brazilian sculpture have been traced back to the late 16th century,emerging soon after the first settlements in the newly discovered land. Through the following century,most of the sculpture in Brazil was brought from Portugal and displayed Baroque features. The Baroque style would flourish within the religious culture of the country and would remain predominant until the first decades of the 19th century. In the 19th century,sculptural activity decreased,but it later revived when both the government and the public took a new interest in the art. Modernism fomented a period of intense research into a new language of sculpture,with great achievements,and the contemporary sculpture of Brazil enjoys worldwide respect.
The Federalist Revolution was a civil war that took place in southern Brazil between 1893 and 1895,fought by the federalists,opponents of Rio Grande do Sul governor,Júlio de Castilhos,seeking greater autonomy for the state,decentralization of power by the newly installed First Brazilian Republic and,arguably,the restoration of the monarchy.
Manuel Marques de Sousa,Count of Porto Alegre,nicknamed "the Gloved Centaur",was an army officer,politician and abolitionist of the Empire of Brazil. Born into a wealthy family of military background,Manuel Marques de Sousa joined the Portuguese Army in Brazil in 1817 when he was little more than a child. His military initiation occurred in the conquest of the Banda Oriental,which was annexed and became the southernmost Brazilian province of Cisplatina in 1821. For most of the 1820s,he was embroiled in the Brazilian effort to keep Cisplatina as part of its territory:first during the struggle for Brazilian independence and then in the Cisplatine War. It would ultimately prove a futile attempt,as Cisplatina successfully separated from Brazil to become the independent nation of Uruguay in 1828.
Centro Histórico is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre,the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
Vicentino Prestes de Almeida,was a Brazilian paleontologist. He died on October 28,1954,in São Pedro do Sul.
IrajáDamiani Pinto,was a Brazilian paleontologist and professor at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul,a member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences,and a two time president of the Brazilian Geological Society.
The Museu de Ciências Naturais da Fundação Zoobotânica do Rio Grande do Sul,is a Brazilian museum located inside the Porto Alegre Botanical Garden. Open from Monday to Sunday 9am to 12pm and from 13h30 to 17h.
Aldyr Garcia Schlee was a Brazilian writer,journalist,translator,illustrator and professor.
Fernanda Melchionna e Silva is a Brazilian politician as well as a banker and librarian. She has spent her political career representing Rio Grande do Sul,having served as federal deputy representative since 2019.
Rodrigo Maroni is a Brazilian politician,as well as a yoga instructor and animal rights activist. He has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Sul,having served in the state legislature since 2019.
Juarez do Nascimento Fernandes Távora was a Brazilian general and politician active during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930 that put an end to the oligarchic First Brazilian Republic by deposing the president Washington Luís and preventing his elected successor Júlio Prestes from taking office. The revolutionaries handed power over to Getúlio Vargas.
