Cosme Velho
Cosme Velho is a neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, adjacent to Laranjeiras. Its main street is Rua Cosme Velho, an extension of Rua das Laranjeiras.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Christ the Redeemer and Apothecary’s Square.
Christ the Redeemer
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Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.
Apothecary’s Square
Square
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The Largo do Boticário is a square in the Cosme Velho neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The square can be reached by the Beco do Boticário, that passes by the Carioca River.
Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf do Brasil
Museum
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Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf do Brasil is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silvestre and Humaitá.
Silvestre
Neighborhood
Silvestre is a region of Rio de Janeiro, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.
Humaitá
Suburb
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Humaitá is a residential district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated between the foot of Corcovado Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.
Laranjeiras
Suburb
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laranjeiras is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded in the 17th century, with the construction of country houses in the valley located around the Carioca River, which bordered Corcovado Mountain.
Cosme Velho
- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Categories: neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro and locality
- Location: Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.94151° or 22° 56′ 30″ southLongitude
-43.20062° or 43° 12′ 2″ westElevation
82 metres (269 feet)Open location code
589R3Q5X+9QOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993155OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Turkish—“Cosme Velho” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cosme Velho”
- Dutch: “Cosme Velho”
- French: “Cosme Velho”
- Italian: “Cosme Velho”
- Portuguese: “Cosme Velho”
- Spanish: “Cosme Velho”
- Swedish: “Cosme Velho”
- Turkish: “Cosme Velho”
- “Cosme Velho”
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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 “Cosme Velho”. Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.