Campina Grande

Campina Grande beyond the São João festival

What to see in Campina Grande outside June: two museums designed by Niemeyer, the Açude Velho, the Vila do Artesão and the Ingá archaeological site.

Foto: Brunosprak at Portuguese Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Short answer

What is there to do in Campina Grande outside June?

Visit the Assis Chateaubriand Art Museum and the Paraíba Folk Art Museum, both in buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer, plus the Açude Velho, the Vila do Artesão and the Cotton and Telegraph museums.

Dois museus de Niemeyer

O Museu de Arte Assis Chateaubriand ocupa um prédio projetado por Oscar Niemeyer e reúne obras de Di Cavalcanti, Cândido Portinari e Anita Malfatti.

O Museu de Arte Popular da Paraíba, também de Niemeyer, organiza em três pavilhões temáticos o artesanato, a música, a literatura de cordel e as tradições nordestinas.

A cidade a pé

Açude Velho — o cartão-postal urbano, bom no fim de tarde
Vila do Artesão — dezenas de lojas de artesanato local
Cotton Museum and Telegraph Museum — to understand where the city came from

Bate-volta a partir de Campina

The Ingá archaeological site, with its rock inscriptions, is the most popular outing. Cabaceiras and Galante are also worth a day.

Questions

What guests usually ask

What is there to do in Campina Grande outside June?

Vale a pena ir ao Sítio Arqueológico de Ingá?

É a saída mais procurada a partir de Campina Grande, conhecida pelas inscrições rupestres. Rende um bate-volta.

Campina Grande tem museus de Oscar Niemeyer?

Sim, dois: o Museu de Arte Assis Chateaubriand e o Museu de Arte Popular da Paraíba.

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Mixes flats and two-bedroom apartments in the same tower, which makes room for families in a neighbourhood dominated by studios.

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