Gávea Planetary

Gávea Planetary is a planetarium in Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro which is located on Rua Vice Governador Rubens Berardo. Gávea Planetary is situated nearby to the theater building Teatro Municipal Maria Clara Machado, as well as near the playground Aparelhos de Ginástica.

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Type: Planetarium
Description: museum in Brazil
Also known as: “Museu do Universo (Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro)”, “PlanetaRio”, and “Planetário da Gávea”
Address: 100 Rua Vice Governador Rubens Berardo, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro, 22451-070

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Museu do Universo and Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro.

Museu do Universo

Museum

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Museu do Universo is a museum.

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

University

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The Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is a Jesuit, Catholic, pontifical university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the joint responsibility of the Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro and the Society of Jesus. Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro is situated 330 metres southwest of Gávea Planetary.

Grandjean de Montigny Manor House

Museum

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Grandjean de Montigny Manor House is a museum, which is situated 370 metres west of Gávea Planetary.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Leblon and Gávea.

Leblon

Suburb

Photo: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Leblon is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is also the name of the local beach. The neighborhood is located in the South Zone of the city, between Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, Morro Dois Irmãos and the Jardim de Alah channel, bordering the Gávea, Ipanema, Lagoa, and Vidigal neighborhoods.

Gávea

Suburb

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Gávea is an affluent residential neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It borders São Conrado, Leblon, Lagoa and Jardim Botânico neighborhoods and is famous for its high concentration of artists.

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.

Gávea Planetary

Categories: museum, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.97815° or 22° 58′ 41″ south

Longitude

-43.23026° or 43° 13′ 49″ west

Operator

Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro

Open location code

589R2QC9+PV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 119872942

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=planetarium

Wikidata ID

Q10350276

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Portuguese—“Gávea Planetary” goes by many names.

Chinese: “里約熱內盧天文館”
Japanese: “リオデジャネイロプラネタリウム”
Portuguese: “Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro”
Portuguese: “Planetário do Rio de Janeiro”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Teatro Municipal Maria Clara Machado and Aparelhos de Ginástica.

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