Viewpoints – Placecloud

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  • From monopoly to compromise
    Bergen, The Netherlands. We’re at the former offices of the Noorderkwartier, one of the chambers of the Dutch West India Company, in Hoorn. In the 17th century, its officers were swayed by anonymous pamphlets attempting to influence policy on trade with Brazil.
    5 min
  • Os Poti: católicos e calvinistas
    Pedro Régis, Brazil. É certo que o litoral paraibano é um dos destinos mais procurados pelo turismo no Brasil. São belas opções de praias ao longo da costa da Paraíba, uma delas esta onde estamos agora, a praia chamada de Baía da Traição. Hoje, o mar de águas mornas e a longa faixa de areia garantem um cenário calmo e paradisíaco, muito diferente do contexto do ano 1645, quando inicia-se a guerra de expulsão dos holandeses do Brasil. O que liga esta praia em particular ao período holandês, de 1630 a 1654, é um personagem ilustre dessa pacífica região do litoral nordestino, cujos povos originários eram, obviamente, indígenas.
    7 min
  • De Poti: Katholieken en calvinisten
    Pedro Régis, Brazil. Het is een feit dat de kust van Paraíba een van de populairste toeristische bestemmingen van Brazilië is. Langs deze kust liggen talloze prachtige stranden, waaronder het strand waar we ons nu bevinden: Baía da Traição. Tegenwoordig zorgen de warme zee en het lange zandstrand voor een kalme en paradijselijke sfeer, heel anders dan wat we hier in 1645 zouden hebben aangetroffen, toen de oorlog om de Nederlanders uit Brazilië te verdrijven begon. Wat dit specifieke strand verbindt met de Nederlandse periode, die liep van 1630 tot 1654, is een illustere figuur uit deze vreedzame regio van de noordoostelijke kust, waar de oorspronkelijke bevolking uiteraard inheemse volkeren waren.
    7 min
  • The Poti: Catholics and Calvinists
    Pedro Régis, Brazil. It's true that the Paraíba coast is one of the most popular destinations for tourism in Brazil. There are many beautiful beaches along the coast of Paraíba, one of which is where we are now, the beach called Baía da Traição. Today, the warm sea and long stretch of sand guarantee a calm and paradisiacal setting, very different from what we would have found in 1645, when the war to expel the Dutch from Brazil began. What links this particular beach to the Dutch period, which ran from 1630 to 1654, is an illustrious character from this peaceful region of the northeastern coast, whose original peoples were, of course, indigenous.
    7 min
  • A presença Holandesa na Amazônia
    Quando pensamos na ocupação holandesa no Brasil no século 17, geralmente pensamos na região Nordeste, onde os invasores financiados pela Companhia das Índias Ocidentais ficaram por 24 anos, mas eles também chegaram a ocupar territórios do Norte, floresta a dentro.
    5 min
  • Hollanders in de Amazone
    Wanneer we het hebben over de Nederlandse bezetting van Brazilië in de 17e eeuw, denken we meestal aan het noordoosten van het land, waar de Hollandse bezetters, gefinancierd door de West-Indische Compagnie, 24 jaar verbleven. Maar de Hollandse tentakels reikten verder, tot diep in het noorden, diep in het regenwoud.
    5 min
  • A Dutch Amazon
    We are on the banks of the Xingu River, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon.
    When we think of the Dutch occupation of Brazil in the 17th century, we usually think of the Brazilian north-east, where the invaders financed by the Dutch West India Company stayed for 24 years, but they also came to occupy territories in the north, deep into the rainforest.
    5 min
  • Incorporado ao vocabulário
    Recife, Brazil. Estamos aqui, parados diante da estátua da deusa Atena — ou Minerva, para os romanos — na cabeceira da Ponte Maurício de Nassau, no Recife. A deusa da sabedoria, das artes e da estratégia chegou aqui em 1917, como parte de uma grande reforma urbana. Recife queria se vestir de capital moderna e, para isso, buscou inspiração na Europa. O governador à época, José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti, mandou importar da fundição Val d’Osne, em Paris, quatro esculturas alegóricas que hoje ornamentam as extremidades da ponte.
    6 min
  • Terechtkomen in het woordenboek
    Recife, Brazil. We staan hier voor het standbeeld van de godin Athena, of Minerva, mocht je jezelf meer associëren met de Romeinen, in plaats van de oude Grieken, aan het begin van de Mauritsbrug in Recife. De godin van wijsheid en kunst kwam hier aan in 1917 als onderdeel van een grote stedenbouwkundige hervorming. Recife wilde zich presenteren als een moderne hoofdstad en zocht daarvoor inspiratie in Europa. De toenmalige gouverneur, José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti, gaf opdracht om vier allegorische beelden te importeren van de gieterij Val d’Osne in Parijs. Ze sieren vandaag de dag nog steeds de uiteinden van de brug.
    8 min
  • Becoming part of the lexicon
    Recife, Brazil. We stand here before the statue of the goddess Athena, or, if you’re more Roman inclined, Minerva, at the head of the Maurício de Nassau Bridge, in Recife. The goddess of wisdom, the arts, and strategy arrived here in 1917 as part of a major urban reform. Recife wanted to present itself as a modern capital, and to do so, it looked to Europe for inspiration. The governor at the time, José Rufino Bezerra Cavalcanti, ordered four allegorical sculptures to be imported from the Val d’Osne foundry in Paris. Today, they adorn the ends of this bridge.
    7 min

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