Gávea
Gávea is an affluent residential neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It borders São Conrado, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb
- Description: neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Gavea” and “Gávea District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and Grandjean de Montigny Manor House.
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
University
Photo: Peter17, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus.
Grandjean de Montigny Manor House
Museum
Photo: Ivokory, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grandjean de Montigny Manor House is a museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocinha and Leblon.
Rocinha
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rocinha is a favela, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach.
Leblon
Suburb
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Leblon is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the South Zone of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim de Alah channel, bordering the Gávea, Ipanema, Lagoa, and Vidigal neighborhoods.
Vidigal
Suburb
Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vidigal is a neighborhood and a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Gávea
- 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
-22.98142° or 22° 58′ 53″ southLongitude
-43.23833° or 43° 14′ 18″ westElevation
120 metres (394 feet)Open location code
589R2Q96+CMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1613993232OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Gávea” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Gávea”
- Bosnian: “Gávea”
- Catalan: “Gávea”
- Chinese: “加維亞”
- Chinese: “加维亚”
- Croatian: “Gavea”
- Croatian: “Gávea”
- Czech: “Gávea”
- Dutch: “Gávea”
- French: “Gavea”
- French: “Gávea”
- German: “Gavea”
- German: “Gávea”
- Greek: “Γκάβεα”
- Hebrew: “גאביה”
- Italian: “Gávea”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gávea”
- Norwegian: “Gávea”
- Polish: “Gávea”
- Portuguese: “Gávea (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Gávea (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Gávea”
- Serbian: “Гавеа”
- Slovenian: “Gavea”
- Slovenian: “Gávea”
- Spanish: “Bairro da Gávea”
- Spanish: “Gavea”
- Spanish: “Gávea”
- Turkish: “Gávea District”
- Turkish: “Gávea”
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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 “Gávea”. Photo: ri5co, CC BY-SA 2.0.