Centro
Rio's Centro is a district in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Centro has most of the city's notable churches and museums, including the Modern Art Museum, as well as many of its most famous bars.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Zona Central, Rio de Janeiro”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Valongo Wharf and Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading.
Valongo Wharf
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Valongo Wharf is an old dock located in the port area of Rio de Janeiro, between the current Coelho e Castro and Sacadura Cabral streets. Built in 1811, it was the site of landing and trading of enslaved Africans until 1831, with the blockade of Africa banning the Atlantic slave trade to Brazil.
Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading
Museum
Photo: Stegop, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading is a library and lusophone cultural institution, is located in Luís de Camões Street, number 30, in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
Church
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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro or as the Cathedral of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro, is a cathedral of the Catholic Church and the seat of the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Santa Teresa.
Centro
Suburb
Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.
Centro is a neighborhood in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It represents the financial heart of the city, and the crux of the Central Region.
Santa Teresa
Suburb
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Santa Teresa is a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located on top of the Santa Teresa hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding, narrow streets which are a favourite spot for artists and tourists.
Gamboa
Suburb
Gamboa is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gamboa, along with Santo Cristo and Saúde, is one of the oldest boroughs of Rio. It was originally settled by the aristocracy, due to the attractive position on the shores of Guanabara Bay, but lost its glamour when the docks were built.
Centro
- Category: subprefecture
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Centro” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Zona Central, Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “Centro e Centro Historico”
- German: “Centro e Centro Histórico”
- German: “Unterpräfektur Zentrum von Rio de Janeiro”
- German: “Zona Central”
- Hebrew: “זונא סנטרל”
- Hebrew: “סנטרו דו ריו דה ז’ניירו”
- Hebrew: “סנטרו”
- Italian: “Centro di Rio de Janeiro”
- Kazakh: “Ortalıq aýmaq”
- Kazakh: “Орталық аймақ”
- Kazakh: “ورتالىق ايماق”
- Macedonian: “Централно подрачје”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Zona Central”
- Norwegian: “Zona Central”
- Portuguese: “Avenida Salvador de Sá”
- Portuguese: “centro”
- Portuguese: “Centro”
- Portuguese: “Região Central do RJ”
- Portuguese: “Zona Central do Rio de Janeiro”
- Portuguese: “Zona Central do RJ”
- Portuguese: “Zona Central”
- Portuguese: “Zona do Centro do RJ”
- Spanish: “Centro”
- Spanish: “Zona Central”
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