"BELEM ~ SANTAREM" a Belém Travel Page by pjallittle

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<center>The song which you hear is <font color="orange"><b>FROM SAO PAULO TO BELEM</b></a></center>

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The voyage of the <font color="BLUE"size=+1>ROYAL PRINCESS</font> spends two days at sea after leaving the last East Coast destination of <font color="RED"><b>RECIFE</b></font> and it is customary when out to Sea to have a <B>FORMAL NIGHT</B> so one struggles into a tuxedo, after a long and restful day of doing as little as possible.

After the second day at sea, the ship starts across the North East portion of <b>BRAZIL</b> and turns into the mouth of the great <font color="green"><B>AMAZON RIVER.</b></font>
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<font color="darkorange"><b>Belém, on the Pará River near the confluence of the Pará and the Amazon, is one of Brazil's busiest ports. Colorful fishing boats, much like the ships which have docked at Belém for centuries, are a familiar sight.

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Founded in 1616 by the Portuguese, Belém was the first centre of European colonization along the Amazon. Belém's harbour is located along the Pará River, a tributary of the Amazon that links the waterway with the Atlantic Ocean and is accessible to ocean-going ships.

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The city is the capital of Pará State. The Republic of Pará was proclaimed on 16th November 1689, and in the following year, the Municipal Council of this state accepted the proposal of its President, Artur Indio do Brasil recognizing the flag of the Republican Club as the official flag of the Municipality of Belém.

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Afterward, the traditional symbol of the republicans was adopted as the flag of the Pará State. The Belém-Brasilia Highway, completed in 1960, runs 2,350 km (1,460 mi) in an almost straight north-south line between the two cities. A state university, several newspapers, and the large, white marble Paz Theater serve the educational and cultural needs of the people.</b></font>