Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon is a lagoon in the district of Lagoa in the Zona Sul area of Rio de Janeiro. The lagoon is connected to the Atlantic Ocean, allowing sea water to enter by a canal along the edge of a park locally known as Jardim de Alah.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lagoon
- Description: Lagoon Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Also known as: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas” and “Lagoa Stadium”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hospital da Lagoa and Jardim de Alá.
Jockey Club Brasileiro
Sports venue
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hipódromo da Gávea, originally known as Hipódromo Brasileiro, is a horse racing course, located in the Gávea neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagoa and Zona Sul.
Lagoa
Suburb
Photo: renatadihl, CC BY 2.0.
Lagoa is an affluent residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil located around the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. It borders the neighborhoods of Ipanema, Leblon, Copacabana, Gávea, Jardim Botânico, and Humaitá.
Zona Sul
Photo: Adam63, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay. Lots of hotels, from the fancy 5-stars like Copacabana Palace to hostels, are to be found in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon, which also have three famous beaches, the latter two just being separated by the canal that drains the Lagoa into the sea.
Jardim Botânico
Suburb
Jardim Botânico is a wealthy residential neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located north of Ipanema and Leblon, just across Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and east of Gávea.
Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon
- Categories: natural heritage and body of water
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بحيرة رودريغو دي فريتاس”
- Azerbaijani: “Rodriqu-di-Freytaş”
- Catalan: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Cebuano: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Chinese: “羅德里戈·弗雷塔斯潟湖”
- Dutch: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- French: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- German: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- German: “Lagoa Stadium”
- Hebrew: “אגם רודריגו דה פרייטס”
- Hebrew: “לגונת רודריגו דה פרייטס”
- Indonesian: “Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Italian: “Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Japanese: “ロドリゴ・デ・フレイタス湖”
- Latvian: “Rodrigu di Freitasa lagūna”
- Lithuanian: “Rodrigo de Freitas lagūna”
- Macedonian: “Лагуна Родриго де Фрејтас”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Norwegian: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Persian: “تالاب رودریگو ده فریتس”
- Polish: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Portuguese: “Lagoa”
- Romanian: “Laguna Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Russian: “Родригу-ди-Фрейтас”
- Russian: “Родригу-ди-Фрейташ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rodrigo de Freitas (laguna)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Spanish: “Lagoa (Río de Janeiro)”
- Swedish: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Turkish: “Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas”
- Ukrainian: “Озеро Родрігу-де-Фрейташ”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jardim de Alah and Fonte da Saudade.
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