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I took this picture today, specially to TE.
This image shows the neighborhood where I live in the city of Curitiba, southern Brazil (BG).

I took this picture from the "Barigui Park", a nice place to walk, run, bike, roller, picnic, barbecue, or just to watch animals around this lake and the Barigui River. I´ll post some other photos later, making a little series to TE.

This buildings are not in the Barigui neighborhood, but beside it, in another neighborhood named today "Ecoville", and originally named "Mossunguê". Those buildings are pretty new, and if you see any picture from this POV 10-15 years ago its a quite different view, without the buildings.

It´s nice to live here, with plenty space, pure air, and silence, comparing to the rest of this big city.
Curitiba was founded in 1693 and offers the best quality of life conditions comparing to all the other capitals. It´s a green city.

From 1850 to 1900 many immigrants came from Europe, and some other places, and that people had made the city we live today. So, Curitiba is also the most european capital in Brazil. For example, I have ancestrals from Germany (50%), Austria (12,5%), Ireland (12,5%) and Portuguese (25%). I´m a typical "Curitibano", with a blended blood.

The largest immigration came from: Germany, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Japan, Syria and Lebanon.

Some other facts about Curitiba:
Area 430,9 km²
Population 1.727.010 (est. IBGE/2004)
Neighborhoods 75
Green area per inhabitant 51 m²
Range North-South 35 km
Range East-West 20 km
Average height 934,6 m up from the sea level
Latitude 025º25'48'' S
Longitude 049º16'15'' W
Climate Tempered
Pluviometry 1.500 mm/year
Average temperature in the summer 21ºC
Average temperature in the winter 13ºC

Best regards from Curitiba!

Zeca