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Confeitaria Colombo is a coffeehouse located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... In 1944, Colombo opened a second store in Copacabana, ...
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1894 - Confeitaria Colombo (coffee house) opens. 1896 ... Rio de Janeiro, ca.1910s Rio de Janeiro, 1967 Fort Copacabana Christ the Redeemer. 1900s-1940s. 1902 ...
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Copacabana (/ ˌ k oʊ p ə k ə ˈ b æ n ə / KOH-pə-kə-BAN-ə, US also /-ˈ b ɑː n ə /- BAH-nə, Brazilian Portuguese: [ˌkɔpakaˈbɐnɐ]) is a bairro (neighbourhood) located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
On March 5, 1860, Auguste Charles Felix Cavé, a French immigrant, founded Casa Cavé, the oldest confectionery in the city of Rio de Janeiro.He ran the business until 1922.
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In 1908 the Brazilian army started to build a modern coastal defense fort on the headland to protect both the beach of Copacabana and the entrance to the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. The fort, completed in 1914, consists of two armoured cupolas, one holding a pair of 305 mm (12 in) Krupp cannons, and the other a pair of 190 mm ( 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ...