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Antiga colônia militar, criada por decreto de 26/7/1858, Itapura teve como missão principal a defesa da Barra do Tietê, facilitada pela sua localização, muito próxima à fronteira, no noroeste do Estado de São Paulo. A construção de Itapura esteve a cargo de Antônio Mariano de Azevedo, primeiro tenente-engenheiro da armada e também primeiro governador da Colônia. Extintos o arsenal e a base da Marinha em 1870, a administração passou ao Exército que promoveu a colonização baseada na pequena propriedade e no trabalho livre. A tentativa fracassou e rápida foi a decadência do núcleo, desativado em 1896. O Palácio do Imperador remanescente das instalações da colônia, utilizado no pavimento superior como residência do comandante, era, no térreo, ocupado pelo setor administrativo.
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Here's your soundtrack. Okay, maybe they're not exactly brazillian but their music is awesome and their live shows legendary.Now, Brazil covers almost half of South America and its Amazon rainforest is the world's largest jungle... which is rapidly getting cut down. The country is basically one giant botanical garden with some bangin' cities on its edges.Brazil was colonized in 1808 by the royal court of Portugal, which was fleeing Napolean's troops. They didn't stay long, and Brazil won its independence in 1822.Its biggest city, Sao Paulo, is the financial hub of South America. Brazil is the "b" in BRIC -- Brazil, Russia, India and China. These four were labeled the world's fastest developing large economies in the year 2001.Brazil is known for three things: amazingly beautiful women, carnival, and Pele -- King of Football, Athlete of the Century, football ambassador of the world and a declared national treasure.Brazillians can tell foreigners a mile away, by the way their hips move. Samba is built into the soul of brazil and carnival is when it bursts out into twenty-four hour undying explosions of sound on every street.This picture of mask diving at the Taipus reefs makes me shed hot and salty tears all over my calendar, which is set on "January" right now.Text by Steve Smith.
