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Salt Stone Stairs

1700

Rio de Janeiro Department of Conservation

Rio de Janeiro Department of Conservation
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Considered a monument of african-brazilian traditions, Pedra do Sal consists of gneiss facoidal, "the most carioca of the rocks" found in many natural monuments. His staircase carved by African slaves docked in Rio in the sixteenth and seventeenth and began to estabeler in the region that became known as Little Africa.

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  • Title: Salt Stone Stairs
  • Date Created: 1700
  • Location: Downtown
Rio de Janeiro Department of Conservation

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