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Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Paraty, RJ
Gold-route port foreshore
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Wreck timber
GoldAlso reported: eyes-only: tide-washed 18th-century cobbles, seawall openings, colonial quay.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS photo (Public domain), BLM Alaska (Public domain).
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Why this spot
End point of the Caminho do Ouro: Minas Gerais gold shipped to Lisbon from this walled colonial port, later cachaca and coffee
UNESCO (inscribed 2019) and Wikipedia document the gold-port role and the monthly spring-tide flooding of the historic streets through seawall openings
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Spring-tide flooding of streetsAlgae-slick colonial cobbles
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.