Palm trees, quiet streets and nice condos: a walk in a beautiful neighbourhood
This is my second thread in this section of the forum.
In the last one I showed a traditional neighbourhood of Belo Horizonte.
This time, I´ll show you a more emerging one. It´s called "Belvedere". I won´t translate the word because it´s a common word in all the western world. I guess it´s an italian word.
Belvedere started growing in the 80´s, only with houses. However, ten years ago they allowed the construction of condos in a reserved area of the neighbourhood, separated from the part where the houses are located.
The neighbourhood is surrounded by hills, as you´ll see in the pics.
The constrast between the houses and the condos.
Looking down into the houses.
Now, entering in the condos section of the neighbourhood.
All the condos are covered in granite.
Some streets.
More condos.
Fine materials for an apartment building.
More.
Sidewalks made of portuguese mosaics and lined up with palm trees.
Beautiful neighborhood but how come the buildings all look like fortresses.
For safety reasons.
Urban violence increased enourmously in Brazil since the 80´s.
Also, things get worse when we talk about a country with serious problems regarding income inequality.
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Great pics, Mary. When I lived in Spain, my neighborhood in northern Madrid looked similar to the condo district you showed us (but older and without the palm trees). Lots of greenery, tennis courts, pools, very family-friendly area. The great thing about living there was that although the neighborhood had all those amenities, there were subway stops nearby. How is the public transportation in Belvedere?
This is south-central Brazil where non-mixed Caucasians are the majority of the population. Most people I know from Southern Brazil are not even majority Portuguese-descent, but rather of Italian or German (or French or Lebanese!) origin. My friend from Belo Horizonte has natural blonde hair and blue eyes (half German half Italian).
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Nice. Looks like California or Florida.
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This is south-central Brazil where non-mixed Caucasians are the majority of the population. Most people I know from Southern Brazil are not even majority Portuguese-descent, but rather of Italian or German (or French or Lebanese!) origin. My friend from Belo Horizonte has natural blonde hair and blue eyes (half German half Italian).
But Belo is further north than both Rio and São Paulo.
Great pics, Mary. When I lived in Spain, my neighborhood in northern Madrid looked similar to the condo district you showed us (but older and without the palm trees). Lots of greenery, tennis courts, pools, very family-friendly area. The great thing about living there was that although the neighborhood had all those amenities, there were subway stops nearby. How is the public transportation in Belvedere?
Nice to hear that. Belvedere is not served by any subway stops, though the bus system is quite efficient, with regular lines all day long.
Also, parking space is largely available. Each apartment in the condo district has 4-6 parking spaces in the condo garages.
By the way, there are many spaniard descendants in Belo Horizonte.
Their influence is visible even nowadays.
This is south-central Brazil where non-mixed Caucasians are the majority of the population. Most people I know from Southern Brazil are not even majority Portuguese-descent, but rather of Italian or German (or French or Lebanese!) origin. My friend from Belo Horizonte has natural blonde hair and blue eyes (half German half Italian).
I guess you should study a bit before making such comments.
Brazil received more european immigrants than Canada, Australia and New Zealand combined.
Belo Horizonte is not further north from Rio. It´s west from Rio. Actually, only 450 km separate Belo Horizonte from Rio.
Belo Horizonte´s population has basically the same composition of Rio´s population. Belo Horizonte is capital of one of the first states to be colonised in Brazil, Minas Gerais state, which is the state where most portuguese colonists migrated. Later, waves of other europeans migrated to the city.
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