São Francisco

[ soun frahn-sees-koo ]

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noun

a river flowing NE and E through E Brazil into the Atlantic. 1,800 miles (2,900 km) long.

São Francisco

/ sə̃u frə̃ˈsisku /

a river in E Brazil, rising in SW Minas Gerais state and flowing northeast, then southeast to the Atlantic northeast of Aracajú. Length: 3200 km (1990 miles)

Some paintings in São Francisco Evora seem to be by the same hand.

The interior is a great plateau traversed by high mountain ranges and the tributaries of the São Francisco River.

Excepting that the capitals are well carved with leaves, it is a close copy of the west door of São Francisco at Santarem.

Their palace stood close to the church of São Francisco, and must once have been a beautiful building.

São Francisco was long in building, for it was begun by Affonso v. in 1460 and not finished till 1501.

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