Algumas fotos de Curitiba

Olá! Estes são a minha fotos de Janeiro 2006 do Curitiba. Eu foi em Curitiba apenas 2 dias e as fotos do thread cobrem somente um pouco de cidade. Desculpe, mas os comentarios são em Inglês porque eu não falo Português bem. As fotos estão no Cityscape & Skyline pictures forum também. I visited Curitiba and January and I am presenting some photos I took during my very brief stay there. This city of 1,760,000 inhabitants is my favorite of the cities I visited in Brazil. It was founded in 1694, and is the capital of the state of Paraná in southern Brazil. I am only covering a small part of Curitiba in this thread (mainly the city-center). There are many other areas in the city to explore. Curitiba around 6:00 am in the morning: Building with a road going through it: Portuguese Heritage: Curitiba is a very green city. It has a lot of small and large parks, this is Praça Carlos Gomes: More old buildings: And some talls in the CBD: Rua 24 Horas (24 Hours Street) is basically a pedestrian street transformed into a nice shopping center. Despite its name, I found most establishments to be closed at 7am: More green: Praça Osório CuritibaÂ's main street is Rua das Flores (Flowers Street): a pedestrian avenue (since 1972) lined with shops, restaurants, as well as banks and other offices. The cathedral of Curitiba: A façotomy: Largo da Ordem is the oldest part of the city center, and seems to be CuritibaÂ's de facto historic district: Romario Martins House: according to the marker itÂ's the only example of colonial architecture left in the city This house used to be inhabited by a rich merchant family of German origins: More churches: Found this great building with an exhibition on urban planning in Curitiba: A model of the city from different angles: Wacky planning Old and new, red-tile roofs of Largo Ordem in the forefront and skyscrapers of the modern CBD in the background: Looking towards another cluster: More photos of the city center: The former city-hall now sits empty but is being renovated: IÂ've no idea what these graffiti say: The former train-station, now a shopping mall: No thread on Curitiba should fail to mention the cityÂ's world-renowned bus-system featuring its unique bus-stops: Some bus-lines have their own lanes, and effectively function like light-rail: The Federal University of Paraná: The shopping Center Muller (I was told it was formerly an army facility): An avenues near the Muller: The Passeio Público: The Islamic Center: I went inside and it contained a library with few books and some computers. The Jardim Botanico (Botanical Gardens): Looking at the cityÂ's talls: The Italian neighborhood of Santa Felicidade. Many Italians migrated to Brazil, especially from northern Italy, and the neighborhood still has some : The church is built in Veneto style: with the bell tower detached from the main building I ate very well here : Walking towards the city one encounters quite a bit of plastic architecture though: A neat fountain of (fake) wine : Looking towards the city one last time: That was it: I wish I could have stayed in Curitiba longer and have seen attractions such as the Museu Niemeyer, the Bosque Alemão, the panoramic tower, and a ton of other places that are not covered by this thread. Still, I hope you enjoyed it! Tchau ! >