Júlio de Castilhos Avenue is the oldest street in the Brazilian city of Caxias do Sul. Its route incorporated an old indigenous path, and until the first decades of the 20th century, it was nothing mo
Júlio de Castilhos Avenue around 1880. On the right, in the background, is the place that would become Dante Alighieri Square.
View of a stretch of road around 1890.
A stretch of the avenue in 1910; on the left, the building of the city's first film theater, the Juvenil Cinema.
Grape Festival parade in 1950.
Dante Alighieri Square
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Dante Alighieri Square is the oldest and most traditional public square in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, located in the center of the city. It was included in the colony's floor plan from
Júlio de Castilhos Avenue (Caxias do Sul)
…Extending the indigenous passage, the Rua Grande (English: Big Street) was opened. The center of the settlement was marked with the opening of the Dante Alighieri Square, where the Mother Church was built, bordered on its north side by Rua Grande. In 1877, the colony was baptized Caxias, and in 1878, when the first urban…
Partial view of Dante Alighieri Square, with the Cathedral in the background and the Statue of Liberty on the right.
View of Dante Square at the end of the 19th century, with the first Mother Church.
Monument to Dante Alighieri.
Panoramic view of the square from the Cathedral stairs.