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10 July 2018

3 July Joao Pessoa


Joao Pessoa is a twenty minute ride on the train up river from Jacare and an old Portuguese city. The old city is close to the river and a five minute walk to the top of the hill which looks out over the old and new towns.
 

old town decoration

church of the monastery
The houses are brightly painted and the cobbled roads steep. A top the hill are many churches, a monastery and a sixteenth century cathedral. To view the inside of the cathedral is it necessary to buy a ticket and join a tour. A tour which is entirely in Portuguese including the whistles and hollers when I walked away from the group to take a photo or two. Amazing how body language and loud shouting can convey 'stay with me or you'll be asked / told to leave'.
Most intriguing was to find the main entrance guarded by stone carvings of Chinese lions. The same style and shape as we'd seen in Asia. I never found out why. The vaulted ceilings of the cathedral are wood and painted with stories.

Cathedral





quadrangle


choir room

Teatro Rosa


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