Ruins of Paricatuba

Old building guest Spanish emigrants now totally abandoned, just made ​​up by the roots of nature.

In front of the building secular Apuizeiros invaded by arms, it is difficult to imagine that in 1889 he was a model of architectural sophistication. The so boarding house for Italian immigrants, from Europe to work in the state - was rich in luxury and sophistication.

The masonry structure was built with bricks and beams Portuguese high durabilidade.Nem same time and environmental action could crack the structures of the building that also served as the headquarters of the School of Arts and Crafts Paricatuba, where community members learned dealing with the areas of carpentry, construction and artes.As colonial style windows were vandalized. And, under hundreds of tree leaves can find, yet, the simplicity of tile French, brought in the era of economic boom of the rubber boom.

History
For over a century, one of the most magnificent architectural works built in the Amazon is at the mercy of florestaBatizado as the Ruins of Paricatuba (word meaning place of concentrated Parica, hallucinogenic herb used in indigenous rituals), the building where he ran the chain public in the city of Iranduba (located 25k from Manaus), the first technical school of Amazonas, and shortly after, the home for leprosy patients in the state is marked by a history of neglect and depredação.Ao over the years, the distance of large urban centers away, gradually, the interest of public power and thus condemned to esquecimento.Hoje location, luxurious and impressive building, built with materials imported from Europe the only remaining structure of masonry. She resists standing to give evidence as part of state history, despite the neglect of public property. "To force people to leave here they began to vandalize the building. They started cutting the water, took off their supplies, destroyed the roof and removed the rails and encouraged that this material would be sold. There was here a troller who carried the supplies that arrived on earth to come here. The report that we have is that this trailer was hammered to stop to get here. He was taken to Manaus and was as much iron can not be sold;. And then they played in the Negro River, "said Barbosa Rosângela. First Technical School Considered the first Amazon Amazon technical school, the School of Arts and Crafts Paricatuba it was a professional school dedicated to educating children and especially orphans and poor. "But that training coincides with the formation facing agriculture . The school aimed to provide a profession for these children. It was also thought that through the school would graduate Paricatuba skilled professionals specific to this type of activity, with formation of manpower of the region itself "

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