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São Luís
Detail of a tile, São Luís
One of Brazil's finest examples of Portuguese colonial architecture, São Luís was ironically founded by the French in 1612, and later taken over by Dutch invaders. In 1644, the city was finally settled under Portuguese rule, serving as the export point for sugar and coton. Expensive houses and buildings covered with brightly colored Portuguese tiles were built in the city's urban center, by the late 1800s, with slavery at an end, São Luís went into a decline. At the end of the 1970s, the state government began to invest in preserving the city's historic center. In 1997, the historical core of São Luís was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
A row of colorful houses along onde of the streets in São Luís
DKL, Dorling Kindersley Limited. Eyewitness travel: Brazil. New York: 2007 .
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