Italian Brazilians
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Italian Brazilians are Brazilians of full or partial Italian descent, whose ancestors were Italians who emigrated to Brazil during the Italian diaspora, or more recent Italian-born people who've settl
Italian settlement Santa Teresa, Espírito Santo
The Cavalcanti family arrived in Brazil in 1560. Today this is the largest family in Brazil by a common ancestor.
"To the Province of S. Paulo, in Brazil. Immigrants: read these hints before leaving. S. Paulo, 1886"
A family of Italian emigrants
Nova Veneza, Santa Catarina
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Nova Veneza is a Brazilian municipality located in Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. It has 15,342 inhabitants and was settled by immigrants from Venice in 1891.
Italian Brazilians
…of Minas Gerais to the southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, with the majority living in São Paulo state. Small southern Brazilian towns, such as Nova Veneza, have as much as 95% of their population of Italian descent. There are no official numbers of how many Brazilians have Italian ancestry, as the national…
Typical Northern Italian house made with rocks in Nova Veneza.