Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Cais do Valongo [Portuguese]
Architecture
The column is a reconstruction of the one erected to commemorate the arrival of Princess Teresa Cristina and the associated renaming of the Valongo wharf, which was given the name Empress Wharf (Cais da Imperatriz).
The Valongo wharf was the place for landing and trading enslaved Africans until 1831, when the African blockade banned the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil. In the twenty years it was in operation, between half a million and a million slaves landed at Valongo.
structure overview
architectural element(s)
work type
created
1843
form/concept
Architecture: Valongo Wharf
historic names
Empress Wharf
Cais da Imperatriz
[Portuguese]
1843-1911
built
1811
destroyed/demolished
1911
culture
style/period
work type
Geography
local language location name
Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [Portuguese]
historical affiliations
1811-1822
1811-1815
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
IV
designation
reference
1548
Image characteristics
maximum image resolution
3,520 × 5,343 pixel
29.8 × 45.2 cm (300 dpi)
capture date
image processing
colour corrected
copyrights
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