Urca

Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Earth Science Museum and Sugarloaf Mountain.

Earth Science Museum

Museum

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The Earth Sciences Museum is a geological museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The building was part of the Exhibition of the Centenary of the Opening of the Ports of Brazil in 1908.

Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined sugarloaf.

Station I

Aerial lift

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The Sugarloaf Cable Car is a cableway system in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The first part runs between Praia Vermelha and Morro da Urca, from where the second rises to the summit of the 396-metre Sugarloaf Mountain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leme and Botafogo.

Leme

Suburb

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Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Botafogo

Suburb

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Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.