Morro do Cavalão
Morro do Cavalão is a hill in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro and has an elevation of 14 metres. Morro do Cavalão is situated nearby to the suburb São Francisco, as well as near Icaraí.Places of Interest
Highlights include Niterói Contemporary Art Museum and Estádio Caio Martins.
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 Morro do Cavalão.
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.
Acadêmicos do Cubango
Community center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
Acadêmicos do Cubango is a community center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include São Francisco and Icaraí.
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.
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.
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.
Morro do Cavalão
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 14 metres
- Also known as: “Morro do Cavalao”
- Category: landform
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.91033° or 22° 54′ 37″ southLongitude
-43.08979° or 43° 5′ 23″ westElevation
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
589R3WQ6+V3GeoNames ID
13013039
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In Other Languages
“Morro do Cavalão” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Morro do Cavalão”
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