Escadaria Selarón is a set of world-famous stairs in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. They are the work of Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón who claims it as "my tribute to the Brazilian people"
In 1990, Selarón began renovating a dilapidated stairway that ran along the front of his house. At first, neighbours mocked him for his choice of colours as he covered the steps in fragments of blue, green and yellow tiles – the colours of the Brazilian flag. It started out as a side-project to his main passion, painting but soon became an obsession. He found he was constantly out of money so sold paintings to fund his work. It was long and exhaustive work but he continued on and eventually covered the entire set of stairs in tiles, ceramics and mirrors
Paraty architecture has character, originality and definition forming a harmonious architectural set of the XVIII century, declared Historical Heritage in 1958 because of its colonial houses that maintain the characteristics of the city’s foundation in the 16th Century.
