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Theater of Caxias, designed by Oscar Niemeyer
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Brasao-caxias
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Duque de Caxias is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro of southeastern Brazil. About 900,000 people live there. It has an area of 464,573 km (288,672 mi).

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  • Miniature portrait of a young, dark-haired lady wearing a lace-trimmed dress and necklace

    María Ángela Furriol, the Hispanic-American who may have been Caxias' fiancée

  • Miniature group portrait depicting six children in formal dress

    Ana Luísa de Loreto, wife of Caxias, as a child (bottom right) along with her siblings

  • Lithograph depicting a dark-haired young man with moustache wearing a heavily embroidered military tunic with epaulettes and several medals and orders at his neck

    Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, then-Baron of Caxias, around age 38, c. 1841

  • Engraving depicting two small boats sailing into a bay backed by high mountains at the foot of which are the buildings of a town

    Sabará (pictured) was one of the towns Caxias marched into during the 1842 Liberal rebellion in Minas Gerais province

  • Lithograph depicting a dark-haired man with moustache wearing a heavily embroidered military tunic with epaulettes, sash of office and several medals and orders at his neck

    The then-Count of Caxias, around age 43, c. 1846

  • Lithograph of a drawing featuring a three-quarters length portrait of a middle-aged man with moustache wearing a military tunic with embroidered cuffs and decorated with epaulettes, lanyards, a sash of office and several medals and orders at his neck, and holding a feathered bicorne hat in his right hand

    Caxias around age 54, c. 1857

  • Painted three-quarters length portrait of a seated man with gray mustache who is wearing a black frock coat, white shirt with wingtip collar and black cravat, and black gloves

    Caxias around age 58, c. 1861

  • Drawing depicting a group of mounted men in dress uniform who are inspecting lines of troops

    Pedro II (raising his hat) follows behind his two aides-de-camp, one of them Caxias (center). This military parade most probably occurred during the Siege of Uruguaiana at the beginning of the Paraguayan War.

  • Drawing depicting a figure in military dress uniform and kepi mounted on a black horse with marching and mounted figures in the background

    Caxias in Paraguay, c. 1866. He is portrayed in simple campaign uniform, instead of the court dress shown in other pictures

  • Drawing depicting a mounted figure in bicorne hat with raised sword leading charging foot soldiers holding rifles with bayonettes fixed

    Caxias leads the Brazilian army

  • Lithograph depicting head and shoulders of a man with gray moustache wearing a military tunic with epaulettes and elaborate lanyards, several medals at his neck and breast, sash of office, and a prominent star on a heavy gold chain suspended from his shoulders

    Caxias, around age 66, wearing the collar of the Order of the Rose, c. 1869

  • Half-length painted portrait depicting a gray-haired man with moustache wearing a military tunic with epaulettes, lanyards, blue sash, and several medals and orders on his breast and at his neck

    The Duke of Caxias at age 71, 1875

  • Full-length photographic portrait depicting an older man with moustache resting his right arm on a pedestal which holds a feathered bicorne hat, and wearing a heavily decorated military dress uniform with his left hand resting on the sword at his side

    Caxias around age 74, c. 1877

  • Photograph of a huge bronze statue atop a multi-story stone plinth depicting a mounted rider with upraised sword

    Monument in honor of the Duke of Caxias in the city of São Paulo

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