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The district was originally called Sacopenapã (translated from the Tupi language, it means "the way of the socós", the socós being a kind of bird) until the mid-18th century. It was renamed after the construction of a chapel holding a replica of the Virgen de Copacabana , the patron saint of Bolivia .
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 ...
Copacabana: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album, soundtrack album for the TV film; Copacabana, a 1994 musical based on the song and the TV film Copacabana: Original London Cast Recording; Copacabana (Sarah Vaughan album), a 1979 album by Sarah Vaughan; Copacabana, starring Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda
Aerial view of Fort Copacabana, with Copacabana (right) and Ipanema (left, background) Barra da Tijuca with Pedra da Gávea in background. The South Zone (Zona Sul) is composed of several districts, among which are São Conrado, Leblon, Ipanema, Arpoador, Copacabana, and Leme, which compose Rio's Atlantic beach coastline. [146]
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The South Zone (Portuguese: Zona Sul; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈzonɐ ˈsuw]) is an area of the city of Rio de Janeiro situated between the Tijuca Massif, the Atlantic Ocean and Guanabara Bay.
The mother of an 11-year-old girl, who took her own life after her family says she received a barrage of deportation threats from fellow classmates, has spoken out about her catastrophic loss ...
Antônio de Siqueira Campos (18 May 1898 – 10 May 1930) was a leader and one of two survivors of a military revolt that occurred in July 1922 on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which became known as the Copacabana Fort revolt.