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Rio de Janeiro 133 m (436 ft) 43 1976 80 Freguesia de Casa Forte [59] Recife Pernambuco 131 m (430 ft) 42 2007 Seculo Frontin [40] Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro 131 m (430 ft) 40 1983 82 Terra Brasilis [60] Recife Pernambuco 130 m (427 ft) 44 2005 Ipiranga 165 [61] São Paulo São Paulo 130 m (427 ft) 36 1968 Banco Central do Brasil [40] Rio de ...
The current building was constructed by the order of Gomes Freire de Andrade, governor of the Capitania (colonial administrative region) of Rio de Janeiro. The architect was the Portuguese military engineer José Fernandes Pinto Alpoim, a close collaborator of the governor, who greatly enlarged the existing buildings of the Royal mint and the Royal storage house which existed in the same place.
Façade of Gustavo Capanema Palace, with tiled rooftop water tanks, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.. The Gustavo Capanema Palace (in Portuguese, Palácio Gustavo Capanema), also known architecturally as the Ministry of Education and Health Building, is a government office building in the Centro district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Santa Cruz Estate is a former imperial country retreat in Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro. Originally a Jesuit estate and convent dating from 1570, it became a residence of the Portuguese viceroys in Brazil at the end of the 18th century. When King John VI and
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Most visitors usually limit their time in Brazil to the major cities of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo (where the Hotel Fasano Rio de Janeiro and Rosewood São Paolo are, as always, the places to ...
The city has parks and ecological reserves such as the Tijuca National Park, the world's first urban forest and UNESCO Environmental Heritage and Biosphere Reserve; Pedra Branca State Park, which houses the highest point of Rio de Janeiro, the peak of Pedra Branca; the Quinta da Boa Vista complex; the Botanical Garden; [5] Rio's Zoo; Parque Lage; and the Passeio Público, the first public park ...
The house has some unusual innovations. Most notably, one of his inventions was the shower with hot water, [1] the only one of Brazil at that time, [3] being heated with alcohol. [2] [4] The external staircase of the house can only be climbed starting with the right foot, [1] [3] [4] while the internal staircase can only started with the left foot.