Gávea

Gávea is an affluent residential neighborhood located in the of the city of , Brazil. It borders São Conrado, Leblon, and neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists.
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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.

University
The is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in , . It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rocinha and Leblon.

Suburb
is a favela, located in 's between the districts of and Gávea. is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach.

Suburb
is a neighborhood of , Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim de Alah channel, bordering the Gávea, Ipanema, , and neighborhoods.

Suburb
is a neighborhood and a favela in , .

Gávea

Latitude
-22.98142° or 22° 58′ 53″ south
Longitude
-43.23833° or 43° 14′ 18″ west
Elevation
120 metres (394 feet)
Open location code
589R2Q96+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1613993232
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
3473653
Wiki­data ID
Q1558720
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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.