Praia de São Francisco
Praia de São Francisco is a beach in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro. Praia de São Francisco is situated nearby to the suburb Charitas, as well as near Instituto Vital Brazil.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Niterói Contemporary Art Museum and Fluminense Federal University.
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Museum
Photo: Phx de, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996. Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is situated 3½ km west of Praia de São Francisco.
Fluminense Federal University
University
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Fluminense Federal University is a Brazilian public higher education institution located mainly in Niterói and in other cities of Rio de Janeiro state. Fluminense Federal University is situated 3 km northwest of Praia de São Francisco.
Estádio Caio Martins
Sports venue
Estádio Caio Martins, sometimes called Estádio Mestre Ziza, is a football stadium in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. The stadium holds 12,000 people.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Francisco and Charitas.
São Francisco
Suburb
São Francisco is one of the 48 neighborhoods in which the Brazilian city of Niterói is divided. As of 2000, its population was 9,654. Its name derives from the church consecrated to Saint Francis Xavier and references to it can be found as early as the 17th century.
Charitas
Suburb
Photo: Claudney Neves, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charitas is one of the 48 neighborhoods in which the city of Niterói, in Brazil is divided. The area was part of the Jesuitic Sesmaria, where the Jesuits built a cemetery and a church consecrated to Saint Francis Xavier.
Icaraí
Suburb
Icaraí is the name of a beach and its surrounding neighborhood in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The origin of the neighborhood dates back to the parish of São João de Carahy and later, with two large estates, the Icaraí estate and the Cavalão estate.
Praia de São Francisco
- Type: Beach
- Also known as: “Praia de Sao Francisco”
- Category: landform
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.9181° or 22° 55′ 5″ southLongitude
-43.09521° or 43° 5′ 43″ westElevation
6 metres (20 feet)Open location code
589R3WJ3+QWOpenStreetMap ID
way 29339743OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beachGeoNames ID
13013034
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In Other Languages
“Praia de São Francisco” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Praia de São Francisco”
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