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I have never been in Montevideo, but from what I've seen does not seem French.
In Buenos Aires, the architecture is clearly inspired French mixed with Spanish and British style, but demographically and gastronomically is mixture between Spain and Italy.
The answer is that is WAS Rio de Janeiro - only this was 80 years ago. At that time, it was rightfully called the Paris of South America. This is what Rio looked like before the fools who considered this architecture "un-brazilian" allowed so much of this heritage to be destroyed in the 1960's. Remember that the Brazilian empire was once the seat of the Portugese crown rather then being ruled from Europe, so Rio was a very beautiful, powerful city influenced by the other great capitals of European culture. It did not have the typical colonial relationship, let's just say that. I don't know about ordering things in French in old Rio, however.
And this is what it looks like now.
Images originally compiled by skyscrapercity user aleochi.
It's really a shame that we don't have most of these old buildings anymore......they were very beautiful indeed. And no, there's not many places where you can just sit and order in french.....at least not in Rio.....
There are no "French" cities in Brazil. Yes, there are influences of the French in certain parts (primarily in São Luis, Maranhão and Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro), but there really isn't a bonafide "French city" in Brazil to the same extent as, say, New Orleans in the US is very clearly a "French City" or how the city of Quebec City is one. Some may posit that the Northeast has French influences, but it really doesn't. What the people may be confusing as "french" is actually "dutch", especially in the city of Recife, which has very clear Dutch influences.
The French, for a short while, occupied what is modern day Rio de Janeiro, and the Portuguese kicked them out, but even in Rio, this was before real architecture and the like arrived in the area. You'd have more luck encountering Dutch, Spanish, and even Slavic influences in Brazil's cities than French. Where you find "French-ness" is in Brazil's school system and definition of culture, but not exactly its architecture.
There are no "French" cities in Brazil. Yes, there are influences of the French in certain parts (primarily in São Luis, Maranhão and Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro), but there really isn't a bonafide "French city" in Brazil to the same extent as, say, New Orleans in the US is very clearly a "French City" or how the city of Quebec City is one. Some may posit that the Northeast has French influences, but it really doesn't. What the people may be confusing as "french" is actually "dutch", especially in the city of Recife, which has very clear Dutch influences.
The French, for a short while, occupied what is modern day Rio de Janeiro, and the Portuguese kicked them out, but even in Rio, this was before real architecture and the like arrived in the area. You'd have more luck encountering Dutch, Spanish, and even Slavic influences in Brazil's cities than French. Where you find "French-ness" is in Brazil's school system and definition of culture, but not exactly its architecture.
The Frenchness of Quebec City and the Frenchness of New Orleans are not even close to being equivalent.
The Frenchness of Quebec City and the Frenchness of New Orleans are not even close to being equivalent.
I never implied they were, did I? What I DID say was that there are no Brazilian cities that are AS French as they are. Whether you think one is more "French" than the other is beside the point. The point is you can tell immediately being there that the culture of the cities have a major French equivalent. The same cannot be said of Brazilian cities.
Wow! I had no clue about Rio. What changed? Just the overall growth of the city?
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