275 Waterfalls in Iguaçu Falls, Brazil

Iguaçu Falls

When we talk about world’s best, natural God gifted Rivers in South America, the first name, which comes in our mind, is none other than “Iguaçu Falls” because of 275 waterfalls. This place is also famous as “Iguazu falls”

The point where Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay meet, The Iguaçu River falls but the river water falls outside the territory of Paraguay. Therefore, this waterfall makes direct border between Brazil and Argentina.

Major part of the River falls in the province of Misiones, Argentina while remaining portion of the River water falls in the Brazilian State of Parana.

The waterfall of Iguazu National Park in Argentina is given the status of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984 while Brazilian fall of Iguazu National Park also received the same status of World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986.

As a tourist, if you want to visit “Iguazu falls” you can come through any route. There are two airports within the distance of 15km (31.8km by road). From Argentina, the closest airport is Cataratas Del Iguazu International Airport, while if you are visiting from Brazil, the closest airport is Foz do Iguaçu International Airport. Bus and taxi service is easily available from both airports towards the Iguaçu Falls.

Salvador, Bahia

Salvador is capital of the state Bahia, which is also famous as São Salvador da Bahia de Todos os Santos. Portuguese found this city back in 1549. This city is considered as one of the oldest Colonial Cities in entire South America.

Centuries back, it was famous for sugar and slaves trade but today, it carries collection of some of the exceptional colonial buildings, architecture and historical monuments. Therefore, this place has been given special status by UNESCO and counted under the list of World heritage Site since 1985.

Whenever you visit Salvador as a tourist, you should explore the historic center in Pelourinho where you can find enormously rich monuments and Churches from 17^th to 19^th century.

Apart from that, biggest attraction for tourists is Annual Carnival Celebration in Brazil. This annual carnival continues almost a week with different kind of events involving music, parades, dances, cuisines and street parties. It is considered as biggest crowd-puller event in entire Brazil. Carnival brings a lot of business for local people as almost 100,000 local people gather in Bahia for attending the carnival along with 400,000 foreigners. So, economically it also plays vital part in generating prosperity.

ACCORDING TO BRAZILIAN RESEARCHER “JULIANA MÁXIMA DE JESUS OLIVEIRA“

There are countless notable museums all over Brazil but most eye-catching museum is none other than “Museum of Art” in Assis Chateaubriand, the City of São Paulo.

It is one of the most important Brazilian cultural institutions, best known by the acronym MASP. Located in Avenida Paulista since November 7, 1968. This building was designed by Italian-Brazilian architect “Lina Bo Bardi”on the initiative of Paraiba Assis Chateaubriand back in 1947. The building is considered as an important example of Brazilian Historical Architecture and one of the most popular icons in São Paulo.

History tells us about a series of important initiatives taken here in the field of museology and artistic training. It was also one of the first museological place in the continent to act as a cultural center. It also carries the status of first Museum in the country to welcome the artists that emerged after Second World War.

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The museum also carries one of the largest libraries of Art in the country. This entire collection is recognized as the Brazilian National Heritage list by Brazilian Institute of History and Art.

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