Luis_RiodeJaneiro
March 11th, 2006, 08:48 PM
WHEN NAPOLEON WAS INVADING PORTUGAL, IN 1808, THE KING OF PORTUGAL, DOM JOÃO VI, VERY AFRAID OF NAPOLEON, FLED WITH ALL ROYAL FAMILY AND COURT TO BRAZIL , ESTABLISHING THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE KINGDOM IN RIO DE JANEIRO !
HERE HE DEVELOPED THE CITY VERY MUCH, FOUNDING UNIVERSITIES, LIBRARIES, HARBOURS, INDUSTRIES, AND EVEN, FINDING THE LOCAL VEGETATION SO EXUBERANT, A....BOTANICAL GARDEN !!!
THIS BOTANICAL GARDEN IS FAMOUS WORLDWIDE, AND IMPORTANT VISITORS ALWAYS GO THERE. IT HAS BEEN VISITED ALREADY BY EINSTEIN , BY THE ENGLAND´S QUEEN ELIZABETH, ETC... !!
HERE ARE A FEW PICS , TAKEN BY MY COUSIN MARCELO:
NOTE THE CHRIST STATUE ON THE BACKGROUND, ON TOP OF CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN:
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9204/riojb11jv.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/583/riojb23kv.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2843/riojb47dj.jpg
NOTE THE " VICTORIA-REGIA" , THAT LARGE FLOATING PLANT, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF AMAZON RAIN FOREST:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5458/riojb35ou.jpg
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/4513/riojb55lj.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2769/riojb78ez.jpg
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS BOTANICAL TOUR !
BUT, IF YOU WANT TO SEE RIO´S SKYSCRAPERS , TOO,
HERE ARE MY FORMER THREADS:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=321894
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE SUGAR LOAF AND THE CHRIST STATUE:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=309112
Copacabana Beach:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=311561
RIO IS WAITING FOR YOU WITH OPEN ARMS !!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
HERE HE DEVELOPED THE CITY VERY MUCH, FOUNDING UNIVERSITIES, LIBRARIES, HARBOURS, INDUSTRIES, AND EVEN, FINDING THE LOCAL VEGETATION SO EXUBERANT, A....BOTANICAL GARDEN !!!
THIS BOTANICAL GARDEN IS FAMOUS WORLDWIDE, AND IMPORTANT VISITORS ALWAYS GO THERE. IT HAS BEEN VISITED ALREADY BY EINSTEIN , BY THE ENGLAND´S QUEEN ELIZABETH, ETC... !!
HERE ARE A FEW PICS , TAKEN BY MY COUSIN MARCELO:
NOTE THE CHRIST STATUE ON THE BACKGROUND, ON TOP OF CORCOVADO MOUNTAIN:
http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/9204/riojb11jv.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/583/riojb23kv.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2843/riojb47dj.jpg
NOTE THE " VICTORIA-REGIA" , THAT LARGE FLOATING PLANT, WHICH IS TYPICAL OF AMAZON RAIN FOREST:
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/5458/riojb35ou.jpg
http://img489.imageshack.us/img489/4513/riojb55lj.jpg
http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/2769/riojb78ez.jpg
HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED THIS BOTANICAL TOUR !
BUT, IF YOU WANT TO SEE RIO´S SKYSCRAPERS , TOO,
HERE ARE MY FORMER THREADS:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=321894
AND IF YOU WANT TO SEE SUGAR LOAF AND THE CHRIST STATUE:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=309112
Copacabana Beach:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=311561
RIO IS WAITING FOR YOU WITH OPEN ARMS !!!
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)