From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vila Zelina
Vila Zelina
Vila Zelina is a neighborhood located in São Paulo, Brazil,
best known for the great number of Lithuanian immi-
Notes
grants that have settled there in the early twentieth cen- [1] RAPCHAN, Eliane Sebeika; "Lituanos e seus
tury, being the second greatest colony outside Lithua- descendentes: Reflexões sobre a identidade
nia[1] and the sole neighborhood in the city to perform nacional numa comunidade de imigrantes" (in
masses in Lithuanian at São José Church. The neighbor- Portuguese), p. 1. Available in
hood has also a great number of Russian immigrants. http://www.historica.arquivoestado.sp.gov.br/
materias/anteriores/edicao10/materia01/
texto01.pdf
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