Paineiras

Paineiras is a railway station in Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Paineiras is situated nearby to the railway station Christ the Redeemer, as well as near the peak Corcovado.

Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Christ the Redeemer and Corcovado.

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 and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida who sculpted the face. Christ the Redeemer is situated 1 km southeast of Paineiras.

Corcovado

Peak

Photo: Jens Hausherr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Corcovado is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances.

Christ the Redeemer

Railway station

Photo: Geogast, CC BY 4.0.

Christ the Redeemer is a railway station, which is situated 1 km southeast of Paineiras.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silvestre and Cosme Velho.

Silvestre

Neighborhood

Silvestre is a region of Rio de Janeiro, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.

Cosme Velho

Suburb

Photo: Fulviusbsas, Public domain.

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.

Jardim Botânico

Suburb

Photo: feliven, CC BY 2.0.

Jardim Botânico is an affluent residential neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located north of Ipanema and Leblon, just across Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and east of Gávea.

Paineiras

Type: Railway station
Description: intermediate station of Corcovado rack railway, Brazil
Categories: overtaking station, station, and transportation
Location: Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.94713° or 22° 56′ 50″ south

Longitude

-43.21749° or 43° 13′ 3″ west

Elevation

278 metres (912 feet)

Open location code

589R3Q3M+52

OpenStreetMap ID

node 14070325170

OpenStreetMap feature

public_transport=station

OpenStreetMap feature

railway=station

GeoNames ID

13013031

Wikidata ID

Q120648407

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In Other Languages

From French to Portuguese—“Paineiras” goes by many names.

French: “Paineiras”
Portuguese: “Estação Paineiras”
Portuguese: “Paineiras”
“Paineiras”

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