COLORFUL BRAZIL: Statue of Luís de Camões, Rio de Janeiro (RJ)

Statue of Portuguese poet Luís de Camões,

RIO DE JANEIRO (RJ)

A very interesting library is located in the center of Rio de Janeiro. The Real Gabinete Português de Leitura, founded by Portuguese migrants in 1837. Fifty years later, the library was inaugurated by Brazilian emperor Dom Pedro II, in the presence of his daughter Princesa Isabel and her husband Conde d’Eu. In front of the library is a statue of the Portuguese poet Luís de Camões (1524-1580), famous for his epic poem ‘Os Lusíadas’ (1572), that is considered as Portugal’s national epic, telling about the Portuguese voyages of discovery in the 15th and 16th century.

The original picture was taken in December 2006.

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