A tourist taking a picture of Rosário Church's tower

The photo shows a tourist photographing the tower of the Rosário Church, on a Sunday morning. The day was beautiful and the church was well lit, I think the picture must have been good.

In four years, the number of visitors in Curitiba grew 36%, from 2,235,378 tourists in 2005 to 3,029,950 in 2008. The mark will be exceeded in 2009, after the Municipal Office of Tourism has finished tabulating all the data from last year. This number represents almost 30% of total visitors that the state receives each year. "In recent years, Curitiba has won excellent tourist areas, which need to be explored by visitors who come here," said former Mayor Beto Richa. "Today the city appears as one of the most popular destinations in the country, with strong growth in business tourism, cultural and sports," added Richa. To reach the current levels, the first initiative of the Municipality of Curitiba was to create in May 2005, the Municipal Tourism Office, which function is to develop, plan and direct actions aimed at developing tourism in Curitiba.

Rosário Church

Appears to be the second Church of Curitiba, built by slaves in 1737. Being located next to the road to the cemetery, it was once called the church of the dead. In 1931 it was demolished because of its disrepair. In 1946, the new Rosário Church was inaugurated. Built in baroque style, it has the facade in Portuguese style tiles from the old chapel.

Garibaldi Square

Once called Largo do Rosário due to the presence of the Rosario Church in the eighteenth century and then Largo Faria Sobrinho at the end of the nineteenth century. Now it is called Garibaldi Square in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi.

Curitiba and The El Niño

A little joke about the weather in Curitiba, very appropriate to what we have seen this year: Do you know what comes after two rainny days in Curitiba? Monday!

Its been a long time since we have seen so much rain in Curitiba. Daylight savings time has arrived this weekend, but winter seems to like the city and is still among us! Meteorologists say the El Nino is the cause of rain above the historical average.

The photo shows the Tiradentes Square with the Rosário Church in the background, on a cold rainy morning of October.