![]() This phenomenon become know in historiography as the “Belle Époque” of Belém and it was characterized not only by the sophistication of the local population habits, but also by the gradual adaptation of an eclectic architecture, inspired by the European model of the time. The profits of this industry were the main source behind the increase of the investment in the region, of which said interventions are a good example. These transformations were possible due to the fact that the city become the central point of the exportation of the Amazon rubber industry, after the decade of 1840. These sculptures are part of an effort to apply a “bellevue” logic in the city. The purpose of this work is to ascertain the hypothesis of the existence of a sculptural path where the public power used these mechanisms in a conscious manner, hoping to give the city a “modern” look, by the standards of the time. ![]() Under the title “A Monumental Sculpture in Belem: Three Pieces and one Romantic Traject ”, this essay analyses three different sculptures distributed along a route inside Belém, the capital of the Brazilian state of Pará. Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
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