What community's capital is the subject of the pilgrimage in a Paulo Coelho novel?
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The Pilgrimage The Pilgrimage (Portuguese: "O Diário de Um Mago" , "Diary of a Mage") is a 1987 novel by Brazilian novelist Paulo Coelho. It is a recollection of Paulo's experiences as he made his way across northern Spain on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. The novel serves as part adventure story, part guide to self-discovery.
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Santiago de Compostela commonly known as Santiago ( , ] , ] ), is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia in northwestern Spain.
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Campina Grande Campina Grande (Portuguese "Great Plain") is the second most populous Brazilian city in the State of Paraíba after João Pessoa, the capital. It is considered to be the most important city of the Northeastern Brazilian subregion called "agreste". It is considered one of the main industrial, technological and educational centers in the northeastern region of Brazil. The city was officially founded in 1864. Campina Grande also has a large cultural agenda, including the world's largest Saint John's Festival (called "O Maior São João do Mundo"), which takes place during the entire month of June.
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Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral, Porto Velho The Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral (Portuguese: "Catedral Sagrado Coração de Jesus" ) Also Porto Velho Cathedral Is the Catholic cathedral of Porto Velho, in the state of Rondonia in the South American country of Brazil. Despite having an act of laying its first stone on May 3, 1917 - with the presence of the Bishop of Amazonas, Joao Joffily Ireneo, and the Municipal Superintendent, Joaquim Augusto Tanajura - it was only in 1927 that the cathedral began Really its construction.
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Paulista Paulista is a municipality in Pernambuco, Brazil, with a population of 303,404 as of 2011. It has the highest Human Development Index (HDI) of the Recife metropolitan area. It is the birthplace of footballer Rivaldo, and is also famous for its beaches, including Maria Farinha with the giant Veneza water park. It was incorporated as city in 1935.
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Praça da Sé Praça da Sé (English: "See Square") is a public space in São Paulo, Brazil. Considered as the city's central point, it is the point from where the distance of all roads passing through São Paulo are counted. The square was the location of many historic events in São Paulo's history, most notably during the Diretas Já movement. The name originates from the episcopal see of the city, the São Paulo Cathedral.
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Aleph (novel) Aleph is a 2011 novel by the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho. It is the fourteenth major book by Coelho, and touches on the theme of spirituality. "Aleph" was written in Coelho's native language, Portuguese. Under the sentence "Some books are read. "Aleph" is lived", the book is an autobiographical account written in a novel format. Upon release it became a bestselling novel in Brazil.
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Vietnamese Brazilians Vietnamese Brazilians are a small community in Brazil consisting of approximately 150–200 permanent residents of Vietnamese ancestry. Many of these residents are the "boat people" who emigrated from Vietnam following the Fall of Saigon – the capture of the South Vietnamese capital by the North Vietnamese communist regime under Ho Chi Minh. Today, the community remains relatively obscure in Vietnam and among other Vietnamese communities abroad.
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João Ramalho João Ramalho is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 4,416 (2015 est.) in an area of 416 km². The elevation is 551 m.
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Paraisópolis (São Paulo) Paraisópolis ("Paradise city", from "paraiso" paradise (Hisp.) and "-polis" city (Greek))is a neighborhood of São Paulo city, which is part of the Vila Andrade district, in the south zone.
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Praia Praia (] , lit. "beach", in both Portuguese and Cape Verdean Creole), is the capital and largest city of Cape Verde, an island nation in the Atlantic Ocean west of Senegal. It lies on the southern coast of Santiago island in the Sotavento Islands group. It is the island's ferry port and is home to one of the nation’s four international airports. The city centre is known as "Platô" due to its location on a small plateau.
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Senador Amaral Senador Amaral is the second highest city in Brazil (1505 m ), reaching near 1620 m in some parts in the northern areas, nearly the Ponte Segura district, the highest point is an unnamed mount in Bom Repouso border at approximately 1660m above sea level. It is located in the Mantiqueira Mountains, south of Minas Gerais state. It is a small city, with a population of 5071 inhabitants and approximately 2980 people living in the urban area. Has not asphalt and mobile phone signal in the municipality before 2007. Only Cambuí access, MG-295 is asphalted.
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A Escrava Isaura (novel) A Escrava Isaura (] , "Isaura, The Slave Girl") is a novel written by the Brazilian writer Bernardo Guimarães. It was first published in 1875 by Casa Garnier publishers in Rio de Janeiro. With this novel, Bernardo Guimarães became very famous throughout that country, even said to be admired by Brazil's last Emperor Dom Pedro II.
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San Pedro de la Paz San Pedro de la Paz (] ) is a Chilean city and commune located in the Concepción Province, Biobío Region. It has some 80,447 inhabitants according to the 2002 national census. In 2005, the Pedro Aguirre Cerda avenue, the main avenue in the city, was completed. Most of the inhabitants of this comuna commute daily to Concepción - either by car, bus or train - over the Biobío River. It is considered to be part of Greater Concepción conurbation.
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António Diniz da Cruz e Silva António Diniz da Cruz e Silva (4 July 1731 in Lisbon5 October 1799 in Rio de Janeiro), was a Portuguese magistrate and heroic-comic poet, son of a Lisbon carpenter who emigrated to the Portuguese colony of Brazil shortly before the poet's birth, leaving his wife to support and educate her young family by the earnings of her needle.
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Domingos Jorge Velho Domingos Jorge Velho (1641–1705) was one of the most fierce and effective Portuguese bandeirantes. He was born in Santana de Parnaíba, captaincy of São Paulo, to Francisco Jorge Velho and Francisca Gonçalves de Camargo. He was responsible for the repression of several indigenous nations in Bahia and especially Piauí, which he is reputed to have been the first colonist to explore. His greater fame, however, is due to his conquest of the Quilombo dos Palmares, in the hinterland of Alagoas, on behalf of João da Cunha Souto Maior, governor of Pernambuco. Velho accepted the assignment and, in 1694, with an army of Indians and mamelucos, European Native American offspring, overran the fortified city of Macacos, on the Serra da Barriga mountain.
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Maringá Maringá (] ) is a municipality in southern Brazil founded on 10 May 1947 as a planned urban area. It is the third largest city in the state of Paraná, with 385,753 inhabitants in the city proper, and 764,906 in the metropolitan area (IBGE 2013). Located in northwestern Paraná, and crossed by the Tropic of Capricorn, it is a regional centre for commerce, services, agro-industries, and universities, including the State University of Maringá.
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Menino Deus Menino Deus (meaning "Divine Infant" in English) is a neighborhood of the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
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João Paulo Borges Coelho João Paulo Borges Coelho (born in Porto, Portugal in 1955) is a Mozambican historian and writer. He studied history in Maputo and was awarded a PhD in economic and social history from the University of Bradford. He is professor of contemporary history at the Eduardo Mondlane University, Maputo, and editor of "Arquivo", the journal of the Mozambican National Archive in Maputo, a specialist in military history and has acted as an academic adviser to the Mozambican Ministry of Defence . He is also a writer; in 2009 he won the LEYA Novel Prize.
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Lins, São Paulo Lins is a municipality in the western part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population is 76,092 (2015 est.) in an area of 570 km². The elevation is 437 m. Distance is 455 km from the capital, São Paulo.
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Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral, Guarulhos The Our Lady of the Conception Cathedral (Portuguese: "Catedral Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao" ) Also Guarulhos Cathedral Is the name that receives a religious building that belongs to the Catholic Church and was built in the year 1665 in the center of the city of Guarulhos in the South American country of Brazil. The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Conception is the headquarters of the Catholic Diocese of Guarulhos. Its architecture is one of the most beautiful in the state of Sao Paulo.
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Cidade Velha Cidade Velha (Portuguese for "old city", in Cape Verdean Creole: "Sidadi", also as "Sidadi Velha" or "Sidadi Bedja") is a town in the southern part of the island of Santiago, Cape Verde. It is situated on the south coast, 10 km west of the capital Praia. A former capital of Cape Verde, it is the oldest settlement in Cape Verde. Once called "Ribeira Grande", its name was changed to "Cidade Velha" so to avoid confusion with Ribeira Grande on Santo Antão island. It is the seat of the Ribeira Grande de Santiago municipality.