ART DECO A decorative and architectural style of the period 1925-1940, characterized by geometric designs, bold colors, and the use of plastic and glass.
Global Classroom Connection:
What does architecture tell about a city's history, values, and resources?
What can you learn about Goiania from the Art Deco style of its oldest buildings?
How does your city's architecture tell a similar story and a different story?
Under the guidance of our host teacher Liberato Santos Tourism students designed and hosted a walking tour of the Art Deco highlights of Goiania.
The tour began under the portico of the school and students pointed out the unadorned horizontal lines, the symmetry and the modern columns of the entrance which is on the National Historical registry.
The planned city was built between 1933 and 1950 to be the new capital of the state of Goias by then Governor Pedro Ludovico and the public buildings of the day feature.
Tourism is a technical program that prepares students to enter tourism careers such as travel agents and tour guides. After our beautiful girls and a guy introduced us to a typical a Brazilian breakfast of pao de queijo (bun with cheese) and dark coffee with sugar, they led us down the wide Paris-inspired promenade on Avenida de Goias. We communicated in English, Portuguese, and Spanish with the help of Liberato and several English proficient students.
Art deco floor tile from the Grande Hotel on the Avenida Goias, influenced by Parisian streets with tree-lined promenade.
The statue in the town center depicts controversial historical figure, Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, an adventurer who came to region in search of gold.
Legend has it he tricked the indigenous Goyaz people by burning some cachaca (sugar cane alcohol) and threatening to set fire to the rivers if they didn't show him where the gold was.
His statue was a rallying point for protests last week.
We gathered with the tourism students in front of the "Monument to the Three Races" sculpted by Neusa Moraes. The statue depicts three men--one white, one black, and one indigenous erecting the city's crest on a huge pillar. It's a tribute to the three races that gave rise to the area.
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