Navegantes, Porto Alegre

Navegantes (meaning Seafarers in Portuguese) is a neighbourhood in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Close to Porto Alegre downtown, Navegantes was occupied by people coming from the German colonies in Rio Grande do Sul.

In 1874, the Porto Alegre-Novo Hamburgo railroad was built and propelled its development as an industrial area.

One of the enterprises from this time was the chocolate factory of Neugebauer [pt], pioneer in the country.

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The Igreja de Nossa Senhora dos Navegantes , built in 1875.