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Joao Pedro Assumpcao Bastos | profile | all galleries >> Several Locations in Brazil >> Santa Catarina State, including Florianópolis >> Florianópolis >> Florianópolis, Santo Antônio de Lisboa and Sambaqui tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Florianópolis, Santo Antônio de Lisboa and Sambaqui

In the island of Santa Catarina, where the capital Florianópolis is located, there are two communities where Azorean colonial houses are still well preserved. One is Ribeirão da Ilha (another proposed folder) and the other is Santo Antônio de Lisboa (and the neighbor district Sambaqui). The latter is the subject of this folder. The first Azoreans arrived here in 1748, when Brazil was still a portuguese colony. The church Nossa Senhora das Necessidades is the main attraction of the place. I went there (October 2014) with my friend A.R. Leão in a cloudy Sunday morning. The main idea was to photograph the old buildings and try to capture the particular atmosphere of Santo Antônio. It is a well visited place with several restaurants serving, particularly, oyster dishes. Oysters are locally produced and freshly served to costumers. For the pictures I used a Canon 6D fitted with some Leica R lenses and an adaptor as I did for the Ribeirão da Ilha folder with my Olympus Zuiko lenses.
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Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; oyster restaurant (local production).
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; Church Nossa Senhora das Necessidades.
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; Church Nossa Senhora das Necessidades.
Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; birds are welcome.
Santo Antônio de Lisboa; birds are welcome.
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Florianópolis downtwon, viewed from Sambaqui.
Florianópolis downtwon, viewed from Sambaqui.
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
Sambaqui
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