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In 1896, Belém became rich selling Amazonian rubber to the world, enriching the peasants overnight, who built their rich mansions with materials from Europe, while their wives and daughters sent their clothes to the old continent to be washed with London mineral water. The "Theatro da Paz" was the center of cultural life in the Amazon, with concerts by European artists. Among them, one especially caught the attention of the public, the beautiful French opera singer Camille Monfort (1869 – 1896), who provoked unspeakable desires in the rich lords of the region, and atrocious jealousy in their wives due to her great beauty. Camille Monfort also provoked outrage for her behavior free from the social conventions of her time. Legend has it that she was seen half-naked, dancing through the streets of Belém, while cooling off in the afternoon rain, and her solitary night walks also aroused curiosity, when they saw her in her long, flowing black dresses, under the full moon, on the banks of the Guajará River, towards the Igarapé das Almas.

Soon, rumors were created around her and malicious comments were given life. It was said that she was the lover of Francisco Bolonha (1872 – 1938), who had brought her from Europe, and that he bathed her with expensive champagnes imported from Europe, in the bathtub of his mansion. It was also said that she had been attacked by vampirism in London, due to her paleness and sickly appearance, and that she had brought this great evil to the Amazon, having a mysterious desire to drink human blood to the point of hypnotizing young girls with her voice at her concerts and making them fall asleep in her dressing room, so the mysterious lady could get to their necks. Curiously, coincided with reports of fainting in the theater during her concerts, which were explained simply as an effect of the strong emotion that her music produced in the audience's ears. It was also said that she had the power to communicate with the dead, and to materialize their spirits in dense ethereal mists of ectoplasmic materials expelled from her own body, in mediumistic sessions. Without a doubt, they were the first manifestations in the Amazon of what would later be called spiritualism, practiced in mysterious cults in palaces in Belém, such as the Pinho Palace.

At the end of 1896, a terrible outbreak of cholera devastated the city of Belém, making Camille Monfort one of its victims, who was buried in the Soledad Cemetery. Today, her grave is still there, covered in silt, moss and dry leaves, under a huge mango tree that makes her grave submerge in the darkness of its shadow, only illuminated by a few rays of sun that are projected through the green leaves. It's a neoclassical mausoleum with a door closed by an old rusty padlock, from which you can see a female bust in white marble on the wide lid of the abandoned tomb, and attached to the wall, a small framed image of a woman dressed in black. On her tombstone you can read the inscription: "Here lies Camila María Monfort (1869-1896) The voice that captivated the world." But there are those who still today say that her tomb is empty, that her death and burial were nothing more than an act to cover up her case of vampirism, and that Camille Monfort still lives in Europe, today at the age of 154.

(The original image has been retouched to add details. And no, It's not a phone that she's carrying in her hands, it is a small notebook.)

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[ID: black and white digital fanart of carmilla from the novel by sheridan le fanu. wearing an 1860s style nightgown with her wavy hair loose, she stares steadily at the viewer. her eyes are red and her face, the front of her gown, and hands are all stained with blood. end ID]