Sao Bento Monastary Plaque - Sao Paulo, Brazil
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S 23° 32.633 W 046° 38.043
23K E 333202 N 7395320
A plaque in front of the Sao Bento Monastery.
Waymark Code: WM6W2C
Location: São Paulo, Brazil
Date Posted: 07/26/2009
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Portuguese - Aqui neste lugar sacrado, O paulista Amador Bueno, no seculo 17, em gesto da admiravel fidelidade para com a mae patria, dando o mais belo exemplo as geracoes Bandeirantes, de sua dignidade, do valor da palavra empenhada recusou a coroa de rei, que estranhos a terra quiseram em hora impropria colocar-lhe a cabeca grisalha.
English - Here in this sacred place, Amador Bueno, in the 17th century, in a admirable gesture, loyal to the motherland, with the most beautiful gesture of the Bandeirante explorers generations, of his dignity, refused the king's crown, that the strangers of the land wanted in an improper hours to put on his gristle hair.
From Wikipedia: "During this time, under Spanish domination of Portugal from 1580 to 1640, Brazilian colonies were at odds over which country to follow, Spain or Portugal. A largely Spanish contingent in São Paulo tried to break away from both in 1641. Without Bueno's consent, they claimed him to be their king. Bueno finally dissuaded the group and urged loyalty to João IV of Portugal.
Still patriotic fervor was starting among the Paulistas that Bueno had to seek sanctuary in the convent of Saint Bento. It is said he tried to reason with the crowds who outside the convent from one of the porticos but they would not return to their homes until the fathers of the convent went out and addressed the multitudes." (
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