Ilha Fiscal
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Ilha Fiscal,orFiscal Island,is anislandinGuanabara Bay,bordering thehistoric city centerofRio de Janeiro,insoutheastern Brazil.
Originally named by Europeans as Rat Island (Portuguese:Ilha dos Ratos), its current name comes from the fact that the customs department has been stationed there beforeGuarda Fiscal,serving the port of the then-capital of the Empire during the nineteenth century. The customs offices were housed at aNeo-Gothicpalace built underPedro II,[a]which occupies most of the island. The island became famous as the site of the famous Fiscal Island Ball (Portuguese:Baile da Ilha Fiscal), the last royal ball of the Empire before the coup d'état thatproclaimed the Republicin November 1889.[1]
History
[edit]The New York Times'Marlise Simonsconsiders the former-Customs House a "preposterous neo-Gothic edifice of green turrets."[2]
During the Fiscal Island Ball (Portuguese:Baile da Ilha Fiscal), held on 9 November 1889[b]and considered "the last ball of the Empire,"Afonso Celso, Viscount of Ouro Preto,Deodato Cesino Vilella dos Santos,João da Costa Lima e Castro andSaldanha da Gamawere members of the reception committee.[3]The ball was in honor of a visiting Chilean delegation[4]of naval men,[5]with an alleged attendance of six thousand guests.[4]An often repeated legend states that after the ball 8 bodices, 17 silk pillows, 3 corsets, 17 garters and 9epauletswere found on the island.[2]
During theRevolt of the Lash,on 23 November 1910, theBrazilian battleshipSão Paulowas located off the island and headed out of the bay unscathed.[6]Aurélio de Figueiredo paintedThe Last Dance of Ilha Fiscal(Portuguese:O Último baile da Ilha Fiscal), based on the 1889 ball, in 1905.[7]Since 1914, the Navy's Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (Portuguese:Diretoria de Hidrografia e Navegação) has been based on Ilha Fiscal. After theOceanographic Institute of the University of São Paulo,the Directorate was the second institution in Brazil to carry out oceanographic research.[8]Monica Hirst argumented before the meeting that resulted in the 1994Protocol of Ouro Pretothat it should not be compared to the Ilha Fiscal Ball.[9]In 2002, businessman Alexandre Accioly celebrated his 40th birthday at Ilha Fiscal.[10]As part of the 2005Rio Fashion Week,designer Clara Vasconcelos showcased the Tessuti 2006 summer collection runway show held on a runway with 150 seat capacity in the form of an "A".[11][12][13]During theMensalão scandal,presidential advisorRicardo Kotschomade a public statement whichFolha de S.PaulojournalistClóvis Rossi compared to the infamous ball, "where the court danced while the monarchy collapsed."[14]
Ilha Fiscal now hosts a museum of cultural history housed in the that is maintained by theNavy of Brazil.Boat and land tours depart the nearbyNavy Cultural Center and travel to and around Ilha Fiscal.[1]
See also
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^abWaggoner, John (2008).Brazil Travel Adventures.Hunter Publishing. p. 113.ISBN9781588436764.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^abSimons, Marlise(7 October 1984)."Haunts and Hangouts".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Archivedfrom the original on 24 May 2015.Retrieved9 November2021.
- ^Needell, Jeffrey David (1982). "Chapter III High Society and the Salon".The Origins of the Carioca Belle Epoque: The Emergence of the Elite Culture and Society of Turn-of-the-century Rio de Janeiro.Stanford University.pp. 197 (239).Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2021.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^abTrochim, Michael Robert (1983).Retreat from Reform: The Fall of the Brazilian Empire, 1888-1889.University of Illinois at Chicago.pp. 303 (313). Archived fromthe originalon 9 November 2021.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Simmons, Charles Willis (1997).Marechal Deodoro and the Fall of Dom Pedro II.University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.pp. 147 (152). Archived fromthe originalon 9 November 2021.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Love, Joseph (2012). "The Rebellion and its Resolution".The Revolt of the Whip.Stanford University Press.pp. 50–51.ISBN9780804783699.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Williams, Daryle (1995).Making Brazil modern: Political culture and cultural politics under Getulio Vargas, 1930-1945.Stanford University.pp. 96 (111). Archived fromthe originalon 9 November 2021.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Sedrez, Lise Fernanda (2005). "To Protect and Defend: The Navy".'The bay of all beauties': State and environment in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1875–1975.Stanford University.pp. 139 (155).Archivedfrom the original on 9 November 2021.Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Hirst, Monica (15 December 2004)."Opiniao- O impasse Brasil-Argentina"[Opinion- The Brazil-Argentina impasse].Valor Econômico - Globo(in Portuguese).Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Franco, Carlos (11 April 2005)."Empresarios investem em novos projetos"[Entrepreneurs Invest in New Projects].Jornal do Comércio(in Portuguese).Retrieved9 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^"Restaurante do Eike"[Eike's Restaurant].O Globo(in Portuguese).Rio de Janeiro.8 June 2005.Retrieved10 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^"Tudo novo de novo"[Everything New Again].O Globo(in Portuguese). 11 June 2005.Retrieved10 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^"Fashion Rio: Evento abriga anos 70 e universo circense"[Fashion Rio: Event hosts the 70s and the circus universe].Folha de S.Paulo(in Portuguese). 16 June 2005.Retrieved10 November2021– viaProQuest.
- ^Rossi, Clóvis(16 June 2005)."Clóvis Rossi: Ilha Fiscal, de novo?"[Clóvis Rossi: Ilha Fiscal, Again?].Folha de S.Paulo(in Portuguese).Retrieved11 November2021– viaProQuest.
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