Cinema

Tema: Cinema
Roteiro e direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues

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Cinema

In 1909 São Leopoldo still lived under the light of the lamps- electricity would only come 4 years later- although this did not prevent that during this time movie sessions were held in the city.

RÉGIS FELDMANN - "It was my great grandfather who introduced the cinema to São Leopoldo. He brought electrical energy which was generated in the steam machine of the wood factory Feldmann, and throughout Brasil street, old Fogo street, the cables reached Paço Municipal- which is the city hall today, up above an old vehicle the sessions were presented to the audience there."

From the outdoors sessions the exhibitions began to be held at Orpheu society. It was only in 1914 that the first movie theater was opened-The Coliseu.

Ten years after, in 1924, Cine Independência opened, and the passion of leopoldenses for the seventh art consolidated.

Museu do Trem

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues



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The Train Museum

In April 14 1874 it was opened in São Leopoldo the first rail road of Rio Grande do Sul state. All the structure of the building was built in England and brought from there to be assembled in the town.

GERMANO MOEHLECKE - "The wood of our station is covered with zinc because the English feared our native people also attacked the building with fire arrows such as it happened in the United States."

Twenty years after it was time for Teodomiro da Fonseca have permission of the president himself to build a more modern construction, but the deadline was over, and the building was still up. Today it is repaired according to its original design, the station houses the Train Museum that keeps this and many other stories.

Código de Posturas

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues



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Municipal Posture Code

It was called the Municipal Posture Code the rules which were created when the colony of São Leopoldo went to the category of Ville and it became indepent fom Porto Alegre in 1846.

GERMANO MOEHLECKE - "These laws, these police postures were wide. You can discover how people lived from these laws. For instance, it was forbidden to ride a horse inside the villa. They could also arrest someone when they would sell old bread. They were policial because they really had the police power.

Another law which draws attention is about women who washed clothes by the river.They were allowed to wash the clothes by the shore but they could not use obscene expressions, otherwise they would stay 2 days in jail."

These laws were handwrtitten in a large notebook. As there was not a city hall at the time, it was the chamber of councilors which had the power to create laws, fine, tax and even arrest, those who did not obey the law. Moreover, it would also administrate the town

Rio dos Sinos

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues



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Sinos River

São Leopoldo was of great importance for the development of Rio Grande do Sul, so much that the first cement road built in the state- and the second in the country-linked the city to the capital The opening was in May, first 1934. However, much before anything, Sinos River was the way of development and progress to the region, it was a way of transportation for the agricultural and industrial production of the city.

The water of the Sinos River, altogether with 25 de Julho bridge and the Immigrant square were a scenario of meeting and leisure.

MARTHA TROIAN - "The river reminds me when we could swim in it. One day my husband brought a newspaper and he asked me: Who are these people? To my surprise I recognized my mother and me, the time we swam in the river, it was clean, there was no pollution, fishing was great."

Intendência Municipal

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues



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The law which in1864 raised Sao Leopoldo to the category of a ville also required the inhabitants to pay for the construction of a house to be located the municipal chamber, which was in charge of the government.

GERMANO MOHELECKE - "This law said that the house of the chamber and the jail that always worked together would be built by the inhabitants themselves. However, as it is usual, there was no money. Not having the own house, the chamber started to rent houses. It was almost 40 years so that the chamber could have its own place."

Finally, in 1885 the chamber had its own headquarters, but it was under construction for 20years.

With the end of the empire in 1930 the location was the city hall which worked until 1939, when it was demolished and settled today´s city hall building. When it was opened President Getúlio Vargas came here

Colégio Conceição

Roteiro e direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues




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Conceição School

Unisinos, one of the best known universities in the country, has its origin at Conceição school, fouded in São Leopoldo in 1869.IT as started its activities with only 8 boys as students, because the objective was to graduate priests and teachers for religion reasons.

ARTHUR BLÁSIO RAMBO - "Nossa Senhora da Conceição school, that was also called a small school, fast reached prestige because of its high quality of teaching as well as its discipinar rigor.In its rules it was said that students who were lazy should go back to their parents."

Severity continued, but Conceição had to open to other graduation.Artistic activities were included in the curriculum, the first play presented in the city was performed by students of the school in 1875.

The school also had, not as a student, but as a teacher, one of the biggest symbols of religion - Padre Reus.

Feitoria

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues




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Feitoria

Since 1788 the region of Vale dos Sinos had already been inhabitted by a few Portuguese. In Feitoria slaves produced fabric and ropes but the place was not achieving results and it was closed in March 1824.

Carlos Eggers - "It was from the decision of the Portuguese crown to close the Feitoria do Linho Cânhamo that they decided to house here, at the immigrant´s house, the first German immigrants who came to settle down in the South land of Brazil and help wth the defense of the territory.

That´s it, colonization also had the objective to block the South of Brazil against foreign invasions."

Then, in Juy 25 1824, the first 39 immigrants desembarked in the leopoldense land, and the German colony was named Sao leopoldo in honour of the favorite saint of Leopoldina Emperor – who had the idea to bring the Germans to the region.

Zeppelin

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues

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ZEPPELIN

The sky in São Leopoldo for some moments was given an unforgettable present.

Coming from Germany in a tourist trip, the Zeppelin flew above the city before stopping in Porto Alegre and following to Buenos Aires.

WALTER SEEWALD - "My grandfather Carlos Roberto Seewald went to Germany on a tour and he returned by the Zeppelin. In the space for the passengers there was accomodation for relaxing and restaurant. Also, they traded souvenirs, such as this binocular that he bought during the trip to see from a privileged place the natural beauty."

São Leopoldo stopped to see this giant of more than 100 tons floating in the air, but many people were scared believing that was the end of the world.

Monumento do Imigrante

Roteiro e Direção: Fábio Nagel
Narração: Ricardo Gonçalves
Trilha Sonora Original: Leandro Rodrigues

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The Monument of the Immigrant

In 1924 São Leopoldo would be 100 years and the planning of the festivals started a yeard before.














The idea was to land the left shore of the river to bulid a monument in honour of the centenary of the first immigrants, but the plans were abandoned due to the high costs.
There was, then, a popular campaign to make it possible the construction of the obelisk.

TELMO LAURO MULLER - "The monument was built under donations. The public was touched so they could raise the money. The newspaper Deustche Post of February first of 1924 finishes with such news: Each one gives according to what one can afford. and conscience so that we can build a worthy monument to our city."

The monument of the immigrant was opened still under construction in September 20, 1924.