Vigário Geral
Vigário Geral is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro with a large favela. It is infamous for the Vigário Geral massacre that occurred here in 1993.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Vigario Geral” and “Virgaro Geral”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral and Estação Parada de Lucas.
Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral
Community center
Photo: Anderson Peixoto, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral is a community center.
Estação Parada de Lucas
Railway station
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Estação Parada de Lucas is a railway station.
Acadêmicos do Grande Rio
Community center
Photo: Ricardo Almeida Fotógrafo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio is a samba school of the Special Group of the carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being headquartered on Almirante Barroso street in Duque de Caxias.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Parada de Lucas and Jardim América.
Parada de Lucas
Suburb
Parada de Lucas is a lower-class neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Cordovil
Suburb
Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cordovil is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Vigário Geral
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.80953° or 22° 48′ 34″ southLongitude
-43.3097° or 43° 18′ 35″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
589R5MRR+54OpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993418OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Vigário Geral” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فيجاريو جيرال”
- Asturian: “Vigário Geral”
- Catalan: “Vigário Geral”
- French: “Vigário Geral”
- German: “Vigário Geral”
- Italian: “Vigário Geral”
- Portuguese: “Vigário Geral”
- Turkish: “Vigário Geral”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paróquia Santa Bárbara e Santa Cecilia and Praça Catolé do Rocha.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vigário Geral”. Photo: Eduardo P, CC BY-SA 3.0.