494. The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo

 The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo (commonly known in São Paulo and all Brazil as Museu do Ipiranga) is a Brazilian history museum located near where Emperor D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo, then the "Caminho do Mar," or road to the seashore. It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Brazilian Empire era.  The most famous work of art in the collection is the 1888 painting Independência ou Morte (Independence or Death) by Pedro Américo.  A few months after the Brazilian Declaration of Independence, people started to suggest a monument on the site where the declaration took place, although they were not sure about what sort of memorial construction to build. In 1884, Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi, who was hired to develop the project, chose to build an eclectic-styled construction similar to the French Palace of Versailles with impressive and perfectly manicured gardens and fountain.

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402. Serra do Rio do Rastro

 Serra do Rio do Rastro is a mountain range located in the southeast of the state of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. It is crossed by the road SC-438, with remarkable landscapes and deep crags.
This mountain range is situated between the municipalities of Lauro Müller and Bom Jardim da Serra, and its highest point is situated at 1,460 metres above sea level. In the highest areas of this place, the Atlantic Ocean, located about 100 km away, can be spotted on clear days. Frosts are common and snowfalls can occur in the highest areas.

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The Zoo-Botanic Foundation of Belo Horizonte - Tag

 The Zoo-Botanic Foundation of Belo Horizonte (BH-FZB) is considered the second largest public green area of the city. They are 144 hectares of forest in the cerrado, in Pampulha. The FZB also houses the Zoo, the Botanical Garden of Belo Horizonte and the Ecological Park of Pampulha. The Foundation has over a thousand animals of 250 different species from Asia, Africa and Europe. It is possible to see a butterfly, which shows the life cycle of butterflies and a nursery with two thousand copies of different colors. Since 2010 the garden also has an aquarium. At the Botanical Garden, one learns about the rise of the Earth from the plants. There are greenhouses with representations of the Atlantic forest and savanna, and squares and gardens of medicinal and aromatic plants, bromeliads and palm trees.
On card Japanese Garden in BH-FZB

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253. The Abílio Barreto Historic Museum

 A great museum for history lovers, named after the 20th century writer Abílio Barreto. Sprawling Belo Horizonte was little more than a farm (fazenda) until 1893, and this museum, set in the farm's only surviving buildings. The history is brought back to life in MHAB (the initials of the museum and how it is called by Mineros), of this city that is a bit more than a hundred years old, but what changes it has gone through! A new building was inagurated in 1998 next to the old one with contemporary exhibits, a library, auditorium and a pleasant cafe. The museum buildings are set in a pleasant park.

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Lagoa do Taquaral - Swap

 Lagoa do Taquaral, officially named Parque Portugal, is an urban public park in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. It has been set around a beautiful lagoon and adjacent wooded park, and is a large municipal entertainment and sports park, with a planetarium, a science museum, an indoor sports stadium and swimming pool, kart racing and model airplane areas, an open concert auditorium, floating caravel replica, a working historical tramway, pedal boats, facilities for several types of sports, including a long track for running, cycling and walking, restaurants, etc.

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Ilha Grande - Swap

Ilha Grande is an island located off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil, and part of the municipality of Angra dos Reis. The island is largely undeveloped and noted for its scenic beauty, which includes tropical beaches, luxuriant vegetation and a rugged landscape. The land area is 193 km² and the highest point is Pico da Pedra D'Água, at 1031 m. It once held a notorious prison, now closed.

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Torres del Paine - Tag

Horns of Paine - Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia Chile

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La Boca - Swap

La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. It retains a strong European flavour, with many of its early settlers being from the Italian city of Genoa. In fact the name has a strong assonance with the Genoese neighborhood of Boccadasse (or Bocadaze in Genoese dialect), and some people believe, that the Buenos Aires barrio was indeed named after it. The conventional explanation is that the neighborhood sits at the mouth ("boca" in Spanish) of the Riachuelo.

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Peru - Swap

 

Misterious lake in valley of Antahuilgue / Valley Choquetica. Arequipa - Peru

 

Macchu Picchu - Peru

"The lost city of Incas"

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The Gentoo Penguin - Swap

The Gentoo Penguin - Pygoscelis papua, is easily recognized by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head. Chicks have grey backs with white fronts. Adult Gentoos reach a height of 51 to 90 cm (20–36 in), making them the largest penguins outside of the two giant species, the Emperor Penguin and the King Penguin.

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Patagonia - Swap

Torres del Paine National Park (Parque Nacional Torres del Paine) is a national park encompassing mountains, a glacier, a lake, and river-rich areas in southern Chilean Patagonia. The Cordillera del Paine is the centerpiece of the park. It lies in a transition area between the Magellanic subpolar forests and the Patagonian Steppes. The park is located 112 km (70 mi) north of Puerto Natales and 312 km (194 mi) north of Punta Arenas. Bernardo O'Higgins National Park is its neighbour to the west, while Los Glaciares National Park is located to the north in Argentine territory.

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