Attractions

01 - BRIGITTE BARDOT In natural scale, this sculpture made by the plastic artist Christina Motta portraits Brigitte in the casual way she used to walk around Búzios in 1964.	06 - FISHERMEN SCULPTURE Installed in the sea, at the Armação beach, the sculpture portraits three fishermen in action, immortalizing the beautiful gesture of taking out of the sea the fruits that we usually see on a plate. Christina Motta is the author of the work.
02 - SAINT ANNE'S CHURCH Inheritage of the origin as a whale-fishing village, the church dates from 1740, build under the order of Brás de Pina. Whitewash, rocks and mortar of whale oil were used to raise this building that shelters centuries-old images of Saint Anne and the Boy Jesus. Located between Armação and Dos Ossos beaches, the church is a landmark to the local community. In the year of 2002, there was installed a new illumination in its surroundings, highligthing the architecture and the historic bell. Saint Anne is the patron saint of Búzios and is celebrated at July 26 with a procession, a solemn mass and fireworks.	07 -UNDOER OF KNOTS' CHURCH Armação de Búzios is the first city in the world to have a chapel in honour exclusively to Our Lady Undoer of Knots. Inaugurated on Semptember 8 of 2001, the chapel has promptly received the blessings of the Pope John Paul II and a nickname, 'The small great work of art'. A visit to the chapel is enough to reveal the reason. It is fruit of the union of nine artists and infinite collaborators who together brought to art the faith and the ancient devotion to Our Lady. The cult to Mary Undoer of Knots has started in the year of 1700, in Germany, at the time when there was found a painting said to be miraculous. Inspired in the meditation of Saint Irenaeus, this painting portraits the Virgin and is currently at Saint Peter's Church in Perlack, Augsburg. In Brazil, at the city of Campinas, the Maria Porta do Céu's Church has an altar dedicated to the Undoer of Knots and a replica of the german painting. There are reports of miracles around the world, specially in Europe and Argentina.
03 - CABOCLO ISLAND Two hundred meters away from the Canto beach, downtown, the island will be transformed in an ecological reserve, receiving protection for the coral reef in its bounderies, recovery of the vegetation and the ruins.	08 - JOÃO FERNANDES' BELVEDERE Next to the João Fernades beach, this belvedere provides the view of part of the peninsula and is worth of a visit.
04 - FORNO'S BELVEDERE This belvedere is located next to the Forno beach, with a magnificent view of almost the entire peninsula. The easy access makes it one of the most searched places for observing Búzios.	09 -BARDOT SEASHORE Built in 1999, the seashore offers comfort in wood decks, benches, quartzite pavement and native vegetation. Walking by the seashore is a light and astonishing passtime, in company of the splendorous sea of Armação and its typical colorful boats. Along the path there are historical buildings, colonial mansions, a craft fishermen community and cultural landmarks, like the statues of Brigitte Bardot and The Fishermen. At the end of the path is the Church of Saint Anne, the patron saint of Búzios.
05 - PONTA DA LAGOINHA Consisted of 520-million-year rocks, is an assurance that Búzios once had similar characteristics to the Himalayas. It is called the Brazilian Himalayas, as recently reckoned by scientists of the State of Rio de Janeiro University (UFRJ). Besides the beauty present in this phenomenom, Lagoinha is a memorable place for its rock formations, natural pools of abundant sea fauna e native vegetation, including the white-headed cactus, present only in this seashore.

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