Today we were scheduled to go on bus tour of Petropolis. However as we were the only one booked for the tour, we got a private tour in a car with a guide and a driver. Petropolis is the place where the Portuguse Royal family had a summer palace when they fled Portugal when Napolion had conquered Portugal. Petropolis is in the hills above Rio and is quite pleasant and cool in the summer.
The drive up to the hills was over very curvy roads - the scenery was just beautiful. Petropolis has a population of 400,00 that is involved mostly in textile manufacturing. We visited the famous Petropolis palace that has many of the original pieces from the time of the Royal Family. We also saw the lovely gardens in front of the palace. Also we saw many of the beautiful summer homes of the well to do people of Rio. It was an interestin day and we were pleased that we made the trip
Imperial Museum that was previously the summer palace of the Emperor Petro 11 of Portugal.
Dorothy and Con admire the statue of Emperor Petro 11
Assembly Building for the Regional Government
Dorothy and Con on the steps to the Petropolis Cathedral
Mansion across the street from the Imperial Museum was formally occupied by the sister to the Emperor
Plane built by the famous Brazilian inventor, Albert Santos Dumont
Dorothy and Con on the balcony of Albert Dumont’s house with the Petropolis University behind them.
Dorothy and Con in front of the former Casino and now a hotel.
A lavish mansion near the cathedral.
The beautiful Sierra Fluminese Mountains on the highway to Petropolis.
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