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Petrópolis

Petrópolis is a city in the state of . Nestled among the forested hills of the Serra dos Órgãos, in the valley of the Quitandinha and Piabanha rivers, Petrópolis is a popular summer holiday spot.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Imperial Museum of Brazil and Casa Stefan Zweig.

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The Museu Imperial de Petrópolis is a museum in the historic center of Petrópolis, , Brazil. It is housed in the Petrópolis Imperial Palace, the former summer residence of Emperor Pedro II, which was built starting in 1845.

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The is legally regarded as a private charitable organisation, which was founded in 2006 by a group of interested private donors, to establish a writer's house museum, that is dedicated to the author, in the last residence of Stefan Zweig and his wife in Petrópolis.

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The is a palace located in Petrópolis, situated in a mountainous part of the state of , Brazil. It is one of the official residences of the President of Brazil, used mainly as a country retreat.

Petrópolis

Latitude
-22.5076° or 22° 30′ 27″ south
Longitude
-43.1785° or 43° 10′ 43″ west
Population
279,000
Elevation
819 metres (2,687 feet)
Open location code
589RFRRC+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 415523079
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3454031
Wiki­data ID
Q189043
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Petrópolis” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بتروبوليس”
  • Armenian: “Պետրոպոլիս”
  • Aymara: “Petrópolis”
  • Azerbaijani: “Petropolis”
  • Basque: “Petrópolis”
  • Belarusian: “Петропаліс”
  • Belarusian: “Пэтропаліс”
  • Bengali: “পেট্রোপোলিস”
  • Bishnupriya: “পেট্রোপোলিস”
  • Bulgarian: “Петрополис”
  • Catalan: “Petropolis”
  • Catalan: “Petrópolis”
  • Catalan: “Petròpolis”
  • Cebuano: “Petrópolis”
  • Chinese: “Petrópolis”
  • Chinese: “彼得罗波利斯”
  • Chinese: “彼得羅波利斯”
  • Czech: “Císařské město”
  • Czech: “Petrópolis”
  • Danish: “Den Kejserlige By”
  • Danish: “Petropolis”
  • Danish: “Petrópolis”
  • Dutch: “Petropolis”
  • Dutch: “Petrópolis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بتروبوليس”
  • Esperanto: “Petropolis”
  • Esperanto: “Petrópolis”
  • Esperanto: “Petropolo”
  • Finnish: “Petropolis”
  • Finnish: “Petrópolis”
  • French: “Petropolis”
  • French: “Petrópolis”
  • French: “Pétropolis”
  • Galician: “Petrópolis”
  • Georgian: “პეტროპოლისი”
  • German: “Cidade de Dom Pedro II”
  • German: “Cidade Imperial”
  • German: “Petropolis”
  • German: “Petrópolis”
  • Greek: “Πετρόπολις”
  • Guarani: “Petrópolis”
  • Gujarati: “પેટ્રોપોલીસ”
  • Hausa: “Petrópolis”
  • Hebrew: “פטרופוליס”
  • Hindi: “पेट्रोपोलिस”
  • Hungarian: “Petrópolis”
  • Icelandic: “Petrópolis”
  • Ido: “Petrópolis”
  • Indonesian: “Petrópolis”
  • Irish: “Petrópolis”
  • Italian: “Petropolis”
  • Italian: “Petrópolis”
  • Japanese: “ペトロポリス”
  • Kannada: “ಪೆಟ್ರೋಪೋಲಿಸ್”
  • Kazakh: “Petropolïs”
  • Kazakh: “Петрополис”
  • Kazakh: “پەتروپولىيس”
  • Korean: “페트로폴리스”
  • Latin: “Petropolis”
  • Latvian: “Petropolisa”
  • Lithuanian: “Petropolis”
  • Malagasy: “Petrópolis”
  • Malay: “Petropolis”
  • Malay: “ڤيتروڤوليس”
  • Maltese: “Petrópolis”
  • Marathi: “पेट्रोपोलीस”
  • Mazanderani: “پتروپولیس، برزیل”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Petrópolis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Petrópolis”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Petrópolis”
  • Norwegian: “Petrópolis”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Petrópolis”
  • Ossetian: “Петрополис”
  • Persian: “پتروپولیس، برزیل”
  • Polish: “Petropolis”
  • Polish: “Petrópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Bonsucesso”
  • Portuguese: “Categoria:Petrópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Cidade Imperial”
  • Portuguese: “Marrecas”
  • Portuguese: “Petropolis”
  • Portuguese: “Petrópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Prefeitura de Petrópolis”
  • Portuguese: “Werneck”
  • Romanian: “Petropolis”
  • Romanian: “Petrópolis”
  • Russian: “Петрополис”
  • Scots: “Petrópolis”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Petrópolis”
  • Serbian: “Petropolis”
  • Serbian: “Petrópolis”
  • Serbian: “Петрополис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Petrópolis”
  • Silesian: “Petrópolis”
  • Sinhala: “පෙට්‍රොපොලිස්”
  • Slovak: “Petrópolis”
  • Slovenian: “Petrópolis”
  • Spanish: “Petropolis”
  • Spanish: “Petrópolis”
  • Swedish: “Petrópolis (kommun)”
  • Swedish: “Petropolis”
  • Swedish: “Petrópolis”
  • Tajik: “Петрополис”
  • Tamil: “பெட்ரோபொலிஸ்”
  • Tatar: “Петрополис”
  • Telugu: “పెట్రోపోలిస్”
  • Tetum: “Petrópolis”
  • Thai: “เปโทรโปลิส”
  • Turkish: “Petropolis”
  • Ukrainian: “Петрополіс”
  • Urdu: “پیتروپولیس”
  • Urdu: “پیٹروپولیس”
  • Venetian: “Petrópolis”
  • Vietnamese: “Petrópolis”
  • Volapük: “Petrópolis”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Petrópolis”
  • Welsh: “Petrópolis”

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