Q&A: porto alegre?
Apr.27, 2011 in
Porto Alegre
Question by Fabio R: porto alegre?
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Porto Alegre, one of the largest cities in Brazil, is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre is the most important city of Southern Brazil, being its cultural, political and economical center. Porto Alegre has the best standard of living of all Brazilian capitals and it was the only Brazilian city listed on Jones Lang LaSalle’s World Winning Cities.
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April 27th, 2011 at 3:34 pm
Porto Alegre, one of the largest cities in Brazil, is the capital city of Rio Grande do Sul. Porto Alegre is the most important city of Southern Brazil, being its cultural, political and economical center. Porto Alegre has the best standard of living of all Brazilian capitals and it was the only Brazilian city listed on Jones Lang LaSalle’s World Winning Cities.
The city is located at a delta resulting from the conjunction of five rivers, forming Guaíba Lake (however, it is popularly known as a river too). Although its origins date from the mid-1700s, when immigrants from the Azores settled in the area, the city was officially established in 1809.
Before this, Porto Alegre was the port of Viamão on the shore of Guaíba Lake. Its ancient name was Porto dos Casais, and it was initially settled by Azorians. Many families of settlers also came from the city of Rio Grande in the littoral Lagunar region, to the south, a military fortress at that time. Today that city is most important port of Rio Grande do Sul state.
Porto Alegre has recently hosted Globaltech, a science and technology trade show which gathered institutions from Latin America.