Every Sunday, thousands of people walk through a free market at São Francisco neighborhood, historical center of Curitiba. In addition to see local crafts, people also can see a lot os important historical buildings there, like Paranaense museum or Belvedere Palace. The place, affected by a fire in 2017, was restores and reopened in 2020. During this work, a team made up of researches, historians and archeologists found bones of people buried there in the 19th century.
Director of the archeologist department of Paranaense Museum, Claudia Parrelada said that, apparently, the bones belonged to a man and must be about 200 years. According to her, it was a common practice burying the bodies at churches at that time - the belvedere palace was a church, the São Francisco de Paula chapel, in 1880s. The material was found justa 40 centimeters below the ground.
Parrelada explains that, at that time, there were no cemetery in Curitiba. Thats why people used around the church to bury the bodies. According to her, at least 500 bodies could be under the floor around the belvedere palace.
During months, Parrelada and a team of archeologists and researches worked to colect all the material. Now, fossils will be at a department in museum to a deepest study.
Before start restorations work, the city hall start a collaboration with the museum and another specialists to preserve the historical and archeological material. Building in 1916, the belvedere palace wad build as a place for people observe the city from above. Historical heritage, the building was affected by a fire and it took two years to conclude the restauration. Reopened in 2020, the place now works as a cafe.
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