Soledade. The first cemetery of the Amazon
The origins of cemeteries occurred because of a change in funeral habits, when burials were transferred from the church to saint fields. In 1850, the first public cemetery was inaugurated in the city of Belem, Brazil. The Cemetery Nossa Senhora da Soledade (CNSS) has a strong symbolic representation...
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University of Bologna
2015-12-01
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| Online Access: | http://in_bo.unibo.it/article/view/6089 |