Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil

urbane · October 28th, 2009, 10:51 PM

Hi everyone.

upon my trip to Florianopolis, in Santa Catarina state, in Brazil I went to visit the small town of Ribeirão da Ilha, approx. an hour bus ride south of the city of Florianopolis, and on the coast of the Island of Santa Catarina.

Ribeirão da Ilha is a coastal hamlet known for its oysters, and for having been founded by Azoreans. Matter of fact I found that the Portuguese that they spoke there sounded harsher and quite different from the Brazilian Portuguese I am used to hearing. While the village with its colorful buildings and attractive surroundings was quite bucholic, I had the impression that its inhabitants weren't all too welcoming to strangers.

This will be my last Brazilian picture thread for a while, as I have photos I have taken of other places I want to post in the future.

Let's start with the welcoming sign: “ I asked my Lord, where is your heart, he answered, do you know Ribeirão ?”....well at least it rhymes in Protuguese ;-)

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The church of Ribeirão, on top of the hill: unfortunately I couldn't get inside. Even though I was there at 17:00 and it was supposed to close at 18:00 the guardian was attending a funeral.

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Here in Ribeirão the dead have a great view:

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We asked this lady where the museum of Ribeirão was, and instead she asked us who had died:

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The typical houses of Riberão:

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Streetviews of Ribeirão's historic center with its pastel-colored one-story houses:

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The museum of Ribeirão, which was also closed. The guardian was there but didn't have the keys to open it to us

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Some views of the coast and the sea separating the island of Santa Catarina from the mainland:

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Walking back from the museum to Ribeirão:

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A schack:

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4 Dogs barking at us in front of a house:

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Villa with well landscaped lawn:

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More quaint views of the sea:

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Getting back into town:streetviews and the typical one-story buildings

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One last poetic view of the sea:

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I hope you enjoyed the thread and look forward to your comments

JoseRodolfo · July 14th, 2010, 08:54 AM

Very nice!! I really like this traditional architecture.

Afterr months I´m the first one to comment, hehe

pinguinito · July 15th, 2010, 03:41 AM

Nice place, really the landscape in some streets is similar of the a portuguese village

***christos-greece*** · July 15th, 2010, 10:16 AM

This place is really awesome, very nice and also beautiful

October 28th, 2009, 10:51 PM	#1
urbane Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Offenbach a.M. (D) / Trieste (I) Posts: 1,380 Likes (Received): 0	Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil Hi everyone. upon my trip to Florianopolis, in Santa Catarina state, in Brazil I went to visit the small town of Ribeirão da Ilha, approx. an hour bus ride south of the city of Florianopolis, and on the coast of the Island of Santa Catarina. Ribeirão da Ilha is a coastal hamlet known for its oysters, and for having been founded by Azoreans. Matter of fact I found that the Portuguese that they spoke there sounded harsher and quite different from the Brazilian Portuguese I am used to hearing. While the village with its colorful buildings and attractive surroundings was quite bucholic, I had the impression that its inhabitants weren't all too welcoming to strangers. This will be my last Brazilian picture thread for a while, as I have photos I have taken of other places I want to post in the future. Let's start with the welcoming sign: “ I asked my Lord, where is your heart, he answered, do you know Ribeirão ?”....well at least it rhymes in Protuguese ;-) image hosted on flickr The church of Ribeirão, on top of the hill: unfortunately I couldn't get inside. Even though I was there at 17:00 and it was supposed to close at 18:00 the guardian was attending a funeral. image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Here in Ribeirão the dead have a great view: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr We asked this lady where the museum of Ribeirão was, and instead she asked us who had died: image hosted on flickr The typical houses of Riberão: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Streetviews of Ribeirão's historic center with its pastel-colored one-story houses: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr The museum of Ribeirão, which was also closed. The guardian was there but didn't have the keys to open it to us image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Some views of the coast and the sea separating the island of Santa Catarina from the mainland: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Walking back from the museum to Ribeirão: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr A schack: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr 4 Dogs barking at us in front of a house: image hosted on flickr Villa with well landscaped lawn: image hosted on flickr More quaint views of the sea: image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr Getting back into town:streetviews and the typical one-story buildings image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr image hosted on flickr One last poetic view of the sea: image hosted on flickr I hope you enjoyed the thread and look forward to your comments __________________ My latest threads: Palermo, Sicily Vaduz, Liechtenstein Ribeirão da Ilha, Brasil My hometown: Trieste photo thread BRASIL photos: Curitiba (PR) Maringá (PR) Londrina (PR) Iguaçú/Iguazú waterfalls & tri-border Bombinhas & Porto Belo (SC)

July 14th, 2010, 08:54 AM	#2
JoseRodolfo NON DVCOR DVCO Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: São Paulo - Brasil Posts: 4,331 Likes (Received): 16	Very nice!! I really like this traditional architecture. Afterr months I´m the first one to comment, hehe __________________ _________ Faça parte do movimento de defesa do Patrimônio Histórico de São Paulo, entre para o Preserva São Paulo: http://www.preservasp.org.br/

July 15th, 2010, 10:16 AM	#4
*christos-greece* Moderator! Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 73,669 Likes (Received): 3298	This place is really awesome, very nice and also beautiful __________________ Urban Showcase: Athens Kalamata Trikala Thessaloniki Cityscapes: Paris Barcelona Dubai, U.A.E. Monte Carlo, Monaco General photography: Castles of France - Chateau de France and, since May of '08: Greece!

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July 15th, 2010, 03:41 AM	#3
pinguinito BANNED Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Al sur de la frontera Posts: 86 Likes (Received): 0	Nice place, really the landscape in some streets is similar of the a portuguese village