Global InformationValongo Wharf information
Portuguese: Cais do Valongo | |
 Cais do Valongo e da Imperatriz archaeological site | |
  Shown within Brazil | |
| Alternative name | Cais da Imperatriz (Empress Wharf) |
|---|---|
| Location | Port of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22°53′49.6″S 43°11′14.6″W / 22.897111°S 43.187389°W |
| History | |
| Founded | 1811 |
| Abandoned | 1911 |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 2011 |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
| Type | Cultural |
| Criteria | vi |
| Designated | 2017 (41st session) |
| Reference no. | 1548 |
| Region | Latin America and the Caribbean |
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets.[1] Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of enslaved Africans until 1831, with the blockade of Africa banning the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil (but the Brazilian government continued turning a blind eye to the trade until 1850).[2]
During the twenty years of its operation, between 500 thousand and one million slaves landed at Valongo. Brazil received about 4.9 million slaves through the Atlantic trade.[3]
In 1843, the wharf was renovated for the landing of Princess Teresa Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, who was to marry the emperor D. Pedro II. The wharf was then called Cais da Imperatriz (Empress Wharf).[4]
Between 1850 and 1920, the area around the old pier became a space occupied by black slaves or freedmen of several nations - an area that Heitor dos Prazeres called Pequena África (Little Africa).[5]
- ^ "Cais do Valongo: a história da escravidão no porto do Rio de Janeiro". Globo.com Educação. Globo.com. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ Carneiro, Julia (25 December 2014). "Brazil's hidden slavery past uncovered at Valongo Wharf - BBC News". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ Romero, Simon (2014-03-08). "Rio's Race to Future Intersects Slave Past". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
- ^ "Cais do Valongo é candidato a Patrimônio da Humanidade". Ministério da Cultura do Brasil. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-11-14.
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