Valongo Wharf
Ruins · Brazil
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- 1811
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- -22.897, -43.187
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: археологический памятник в Бразилии
History
The Valongo Wharf (Portuguese: Cais do Valongo) is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets. Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of enslaved Africans until 1831, with the blockade of Africa banning the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil.