Old Rio - 4/19

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We started our day with a tour of old Rio. First stop was Escadaria Selarón (Selaron Steps). The creator, Jorge Selaron, painted many ceramic tiles himself to place on the street and soon started receiving them from around the world. The steps became an ionic symbol of Rio after not only making appearances in many music videos and films, but also existing as a creative collaboration across cultures. They were beautiful!
Escadaria Selarón
Next up was the Cathedral of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro. As a modern design, the outside was nothing more than cement with the stained glass windows hidden from sight. This was to demonstrate the humility of the Catholic faith. Most of Brazil practices Christianity, while the majority of those are Evangelical Christians.
Cathedral of St. Sebastian
As we walked through the colonial area the design of bland, basic architecture seemed to be a trend. The imperial palace resembled nothing associated with the word “palace”. Graffiti was often found in protest of the police (not that we could read them). 
Imperial Palace
The Brazilian people seem to fight their government similar to us. That is also why we took a detour from the plan. We couldn’t go in the museum of indigenous peoples due to “renovations”, AKA disagreements with the government. 

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