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Italian immigration museum opens in Nova Veneza/GO

Facade has a reproduction of the Palazzo Ducale and typical buildings from the city of Venice, Italy

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Nova Veneza, a city 29 kilometers from Goiânia, received a museum this Saturday (5) that captures the history of Italian immigration in the region.

O Oswaldo Stival & Edith Italian-Brazilian Cultural Institute, takes the name of the creators and creators of the New Venice Italian Festival, took two years to build.

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The couple are direct descendants of the first Italians who arrived in the region in 1912, and gave rise to the Italian colony.

The memorial tells, in parts, the lives of the couple Oswaldo (former mayor of the city) and Edith Stival.

Facade has a reproduction of the Palazzo Ducale and typical buildings from the city of Venice, Italy
Facade reproduces the Palazzo Ducale and typical Venetian buildings | Disclosure

The work has a glass facade over 10 meters high, with two distinct side faces. The main part is a reproduction of the Ducal Palace, an icon of the city of Venice, Italy. The other side represents the typical buildings of the Venetian canals.

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The city of Nova Veneza is today the largest representation of Italian immigration in the Brazilian Center-West. It is estimated that 60% of the city's 10 residents are of Italian descent.

Memorial tells the life of the couple Oswaldo, former mayor of the city, and Edith Stival | Disclosure

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