{"time":1725467565165,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"When Guanabara Bay was virgin to caravels and the biggest visitors to its waters were whales and the indigenous people were roaming freely among islands, coves and the tropical forest that bordered it, there was an abundance of oysters."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725467541822,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Housed in a 19th century townhouse, on Rua do Senadoe, in downtown Rio, Lilia Restaurante echoes some of the traditions of this part of the city. The establishment is famous for the care of its dishes and the quality of the ingredients chosen."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725467518673,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Wait for our schedule of seminars, lectures and events. Meanwhile, sign up for the Bazzar Institute newsletter."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725467491954,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"On one of the limits of the neighborhood there was a large square, which in 1810 was named Largo das Pitangueiras (the pitanga berry trees were everywhere!). Much larger than it is today, the square changed its name several times, until the final one: Largo do Machado."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725467467887,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"In 1898, the Gazeta de Notícias published the menu of the banquet held by Colornel Bryan Page, special envoy of the United States, for Dionnysio Cerqueira, Minister of Foreign Relation, in the Hotel Continental in Laranjeiras: hors d'œuvre d'office, sardines, pate de foie gras, olives, beurre, conse"}}],"version":"2.18.0"}

{"time":1725467434514,"blocks":[{"type":"paragraph","data":{"text":"Laranjeiras was the neighborhood of choice for foreigners in the 18th and 19th centuries. Several embassies would be set up along Rua das Laranjeiras until 1940, including those of Great Britain, the United States, Portugal, France, Italy, Mexico, and “Rumania”, in addition to the Consulate of S.M."}}],"version":"2.18.0"}