Streets of cobblestone and old houses in colonial style on the streets of the old and historic city of Paraty founded in the 17th century on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Brasil, South America

17th century 17th century adorned america architectural styles architectural style architecture attractions attraction baroque brazilian brazil buildings building caparisoned characteristic cities city center city centre city coasts coast cobbled cobblestone colonial era colonial period colonial style colonial times construction cultures culture custom decorated decorations decoration decorative item decoratively decorative deserted design doors door downtown embellished embellishments embellishment empty entrances entrance entry famous place folklore gravel historical old town historical historic center historic centre historic city center historic city centre historic district historic old town historic quarters historic quarter historic home houses house hupend cobblestone imperial inner city inner town landmark latin america magical magic midtown municipal nobody no one no people old city old district old town area old towns old town old ornamentally ornamental ornamentations ornamentation ornamented ornaments ornament ornate parati paraty paved pavements pavement paving stones paving stone paving pebbles pebble picturesquely picturesque place of interest rio de janeiro state rio de janeiro road surface roads road romanticism romantic seventeenth century shore sight south american south america state of rio de janeiro stony street pavement street structure tarmac the 1600s tourist attractions tourist attraction tourist landmark town center town centre town traditional traditions tradition travel photography tropical typical unesco uninhabited urban environment urban