Praça Quinze de Novembro
The Praça XV de Novembro, is a public square in the Centro section of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Cu…Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Square
- Description: square in Rio de Janeiro
- Also known as: “Largo do Paço”, “Praca XV de Novembro”, and “Praça XV de Novembro”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro and Tiradentes Palace.
Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
Church
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The Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is an old Carmelite church which served as cathedral of Rio de Janeiro from around 1808 until 1976.
Tiradentes Palace
Government office
Photo: Nikolof, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Tiradentes Palace is an eclectic government building located in the Centro neighborhood, next to the Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was inaugurated on 6 May 1926 and was the former seat of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, between 1926 and 1960, and is the current seat of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Tiradentes Palace is situated 110 metres southeast of Praça Quinze de Novembro.
Convent of Mount Carmel
Museum
Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.
Convent of Mount Carmel is a museum, which is situated 100 metres southwest of Praça Quinze de Novembro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Castelo and Centro.
Castelo
Quarter
Castelo is a region in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood, and officially forms part of the Centro neighborhood. It is generally considered to be located in the region between Avenida Rio Branco, the Santos Dumont Airport and Praça Quinze de Novembro.
Centro
Suburb
Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.
Centro is a neighborhood in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It represents the financial heart of the city, and the crux of the Central Region.
Saúde
Suburb
Saúde is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its population in 2000 was 2186. Located on the coast, just north of the historical centre in downtown Rio, west of Praça Mauá and east of Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, it contains several notable hospitals such as Hospital dos Servidores de Estado and Hospital Pro Matre; the name Saúde means "Health" in Portuguese.
Praça Quinze de Novembro
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Praça Quinze de Novembro” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “十一月十五日广场”
- Chinese: “十一月十五日廣場”
- French: “Praça Quinze”
- German: “Praça de Dom Pedro II”
- German: “Praça Quinze de Novembro”
- German: “Praça XV de Novembro”
- Korean: “11월 15일 광장”
- Portuguese: “Largo do Carmo (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Largo do Paço”
- Portuguese: “Largo do Terreiro da Polé”
- Portuguese: “Mergulhão (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Mergulhão (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Mergulhão da Praça XV”
- Portuguese: “Praça D. Pedro II”
- Portuguese: “Praça Quinze (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Praça quinze de novembro (rio de janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Praça XV (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Praça XV de Novembro (Rio de Janeiro)”
- Portuguese: “Praça XV de Novembro”
- Portuguese: “Praça xv”
- Portuguese: “Praça XV”
- Spanish: “Plaza Quince de Noviembre”
- Ukrainian: “Площа XV листопада”
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Nearby Places
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