Hercílio Luz Bridge
The Hercílio Luz Bridge, located in Florianópolis, the capital city of Santa Catarina State in southern Brazil, is the first bridge constructed to link the Island of Santa Catarina to the mainland.Photo: Rodrigo Soldon, CC BY 2.0.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: oldest bridge between the island of Florianópolis and the Brazilian mainland
- Also known as: “Hercilio Luz Bridge”
Photo: Ernestina Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ernestina Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Agnaldo Servo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Ernestina Engel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Agnaldo Servo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Parque da Luz, Florianópolis and Museu Homem do Sambaqui.
Parque da Luz, Florianópolis
Park
Photo: Eugenio Hansen, OFS, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parque da Luz, Florianópolis is a park, which is situated 580 metres east of Hercílio Luz Bridge.
Museu Homem do Sambaqui
Museum
Photo: Rpbebel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Museu Homem do Sambaqui is a museum, which is situated 1¼ km northeast of Hercílio Luz Bridge.
Our Lady of Exile and St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral, Florianópolis
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Our Lady of Exile and St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral Also Florianópolis Cathedral It is a Catholic church dedicated to Our Lady of the Exile, which functions as the cathedral of the archdiocese of Florianópolis, since its creation on March 19, 1908. Our Lady of Exile and St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral, Florianópolis is situated 1½ km east of Hercílio Luz Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trindade and Saco dos Limões.
Trindade
Suburb
Photo: Boaventuravinicius, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Trindade is a suburb, which is situated 4½ km east of Hercílio Luz Bridge.
Saco dos Limões
Suburb
Photo: Janko Hoener, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Saco dos Limões is a suburb, which is situated 5 km southeast of Hercílio Luz Bridge.
São José
Photo: Madrerosa, Public domain.
São José is a city of 270,000 people in the Grande Florianópolis region of Santa Catarina. The city was mainly settled by Azoreans, and has been populated since the 18th century. This article also covers the neighboring city of Palhoça.
Hercílio Luz Bridge
- Categories: suspension bridge, steel bridge, road bridge, truss bridge, bridge, and tourism
- Location: Florianopolis, Grande Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, South, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-27.59385° or 27° 35′ 38″ southLongitude
-48.56587° or 48° 33′ 57″ westInception
November 14th, 1922Open location code
584HCC4M+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 376367899OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=historicOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1500721
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Hercílio Luz Bridge” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “pont Hercílio Luz”
- Catalan: “Pont Hercílio Luz”
- Catalan: “ponte Hercílio Luz”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى هرسيليو لوز”
- French: “Pont Hercilio Luz”
- French: “Pont Hercílio Luz”
- French: “pont Hercílio-Luz”
- French: “Pont Hercílio-Luz”
- German: “Hercílio-Luz-Brücke”
- Italian: “Ponte Hercílio Luz”
- Japanese: “エルシーリオ・ルース橋”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Hercílio Luz”
- Russian: “Мост Эрсилиу Луза”
- Russian: “Мост Эрсилиу Луса”
- Spanish: “Puente Hercilio Luz”
- Spanish: “puente Hercílio Luz”
- Spanish: “Puente Hercílio Luz”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Forte Santana and Museu de Armas Major Lara Ribas.
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