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Mermaid statues in Brazil

May 11, 2013 By Mermaids of Earth Leave a Comment

About 10 miles north of Maceió in Brazil is a section of beach called Praia de Sereia (Memaid Beach).   This unusual mermaid statue is located on a small reef just off the shore.  map

Praia de Sereia Mermaid Sculpture
Praia de Sereia Mermaid Statue – and fisherman. Photo © by Benicio Monte.

At times the reef is completely submerged, and at low tide it is accessible on foot.

Praia de Sereia wooden Mermaid
Wooden Mermaid Statue

There is a much rougher and probably much older mermaid statue of wood a few miles south of this location.

Whether the beach is named after the mermaid statue or whether there is an earlier inspiration for naming the beach after a mermaid is unknown at this point.   If you know of any stories or legends relating to this, please let me know.

The beach and the mermaid statue are both popular with tourists.

More information and images on this mermaid are found on this mermaid statue page.

These statues join the list of mermaid statues in Brazil, which already includes:

The Little Mermaid - replica at Brazil's Navy HQ

The Belém Mermaid Fountain.

The replica of Denmark’s The Little Mermaid in Brasilia, at Brazil’s Navy Headquarters, donated by friends in Denmark in appreciation of the Brazilian navy courtesies when visiting Denmark.

Then there is the mermaid fountain in Belém, which was imported from Europe in the late 1800’s, and a heritage from the city’s Belle Époque.

Mermaid Monument on Mermaid Beach

The mermaid statue at Sugarloaf Mountain in Rio De Janeiro

There is also a mermaid monument on another beach near Espirito Santo in the south of Brazil.  This beach is also called Praia de Sereia.   There just has to be some history behind these mermaid beaches…

Finally there is a much more modern and abstract mermaid statue at the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro.

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