Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil — Northern Region (Central South America)
Praça São Sebastião
Monumento Comemorativo a Abertura dos Portos
— Monument to the Opening of the [Amazon] Ports —
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
1. Praça São Sebastião, Monument Panels 1 & 2: "Asia - America"
[Panel 1]
Mandado Construir em MDCCCXCIX pelo Exmo Senr. Jose Cardoso Ramalho Júnior, Governador do Estado do Amazonas.
[In English: Construction Ordered, 1899, by His Excellency, Mr. Jose Cardoso Ramalho Junior, Governor of the State of Amazonas.]
"ASIA"
[Panel 2]
15 de Novembro de MDCCCLXXXIX.
[November 15, 1889.]
"AMERICA"
[Panel 3]
Monumento Levanta do em substitução ao que foi erguido n’esta praça em XII de Setembro de MDCCCLXVII como preito de gratidão dos amazonenses aos propugnadores da grande ideia de abertura dos portos do amazonas aos navios mercantes de todos as nações.
Decreto no. 3749 de XII de Dezembro de MDCCCLXVI referenda do dos conselheiro Antonio Coelho de Paula Albu Querque.
[In English: Monument raised to replace that erected in this square September 12, 1867, in homage of gratitude of the Amazonians to the boosters of the grand idea of opening of the ports of the Amazon to the merchant ships of all nations.
Order No. 3749 of December 12, 1866, countersigned by Attorney Antonio Coelho of Paula Albu Querque.]
"AFRICA"
[Panel 4]
Inaugurado a III de Maio de MCM, IV Centenario do
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[In English: Inaugurated to May 3, 1900, the Fourth Centennial of the Discovery of Brazil.]
"EUROPA"
Erected 1900 by State of Amazonas.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Churches & Religion • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels. A significant historical date for this entry is May 3, 1900.
Location. 3° 7.818′ S, 60° 1.353′ W. Marker is in Manaus, Amazonas. Marker is on Rua Tapajós just north of Rua Dez de Julio. The monument is in the center of the plaza between the St. Sebastian Church and the renowned Teatro Amazonas - about one half mile north of the Port of Manaus on the Rio Negro, and twelve miles west of the Negro's confluence with the Rio Solimões, the beginning of the lower Amazon River. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Manaus, Amazonas 69010-150, Brazil. Touch for directions.
Also see . . .
1. Port of Manaus. ... The Port of Manaus was one of Brazil’s first cities to have electricity. In the early 1900s, an English company began to improve port facilities, adding a customs house, a stone quay, storage, and floating wharves. Many buildings of that period were ordered from Europe. When the rubber market collapsed in the 1920s, the Port of Manaus declined and did not recover
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
2. Praça São Sebastião, Monument Panels 3 & 4: "Africa - Europa"
2. Church of Saint Sebastian (Manaus). (Submitted on January 13, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
3. Amazon Theater. Inaugurated December 31, 1896. (Submitted on January 13, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
4. Manaus. "Heart of the Amazon" ... "City of the Forest" (Submitted on January 13, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. Paris dos Trópicos; Igreja São Sebastião; Teatro Amazonas; Alfandega; opera house; rubber boom; "Meeting of the Waters".
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
3. Praça São Sebastião
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
4. Teatro das Amazonas - view westward from the "Monument to the Opening of the Ports"
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
5. Teatro Amazonas (interior marker)
Eduardo Goncalves Ribeiro,
Governor of the State
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 18, 2009
6. Alfandega: the Port of Manaus Customs House (1906)
- half a mile south of the "Monument to the Opening of the Ports."
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 18, 2009
7. Fishing boats at the "Meeting of the Waters" - in the rainforest below the Port of Manaus
- where the brown waters of the Rio Solimões (center left) and the dark waters of the Rio Negro (bottom) phenomenally converge without mixing - to form the great Lower Amazon River, "open to the merchant ships of all nations" for more than 1,000 miles between here and the Atlantic Ocean.
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 18, 2009
8. International commerce - containers being transferred between ships in the Port of Manaus
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 18, 2009
9. Riverine passenger vessels at floating terminal in the Port of Manaus
Photographed By Richard E. Miller, December 17, 2009
10. Praça São Sebastião: inlaid pavement decorated in the "Meeting of the Rivers" pattern
Credits. This page was last revised on May 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on January 13, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 3,503 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on January 13, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 8, 9. submitted on January 17, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. 10. submitted on January 18, 2010, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
