Morro da Providência
Morro da Providência is a favela located between the two Rio de Janeiro districts of Santo Cristo and Gamboa. It has an altitude of 115 metres and is located in the port area of the city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Valongo Wharf and Central do Brasil.
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. Valongo Wharf is situated 1 km northeast of Morro da Providência.
Central do Brasil
Railway station
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Estação Central do Brasil is a major train station in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The station is located in downtown Rio de Janeiro, along the Avenida Presidente Vargas and across from the Campo de Santana park. Central do Brasil is situated 600 metres southeast of Morro da Providência.
Cemitério dos Ingleses
Cemetery
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cemitério dos Ingleses, Gamboa is a cemetery in Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. It is also known as the English Cemetery or the British Cemetery Gamboa. Cemitério dos Ingleses is situated 270 metres north of Morro da Providência.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gamboa and Santo Cristo.
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.
Santo Cristo
Suburb
Santo Cristo is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The neighbourhood is named after the Catholic church Santo Cristo dos Milagres situated in the port area.
Centro
Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.
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.
Morro da Providência
- Type: Residential area
- Description: human settlement in Brazil
- Categories: favela in Rio de Janeiro and favela
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.90059° or 22° 54′ 2″ southLongitude
-43.19635° or 43° 11′ 47″ westOpen location code
589R3RX3+QFOpenStreetMap ID
way 155451259OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residentialWikidata ID
Q10332451
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Morro da Providência” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Morro da Providência”
- German: “Morro da Providência”
- Igbo: “Morro da Providência”
- Portuguese: “Favela da Providência”
- Portuguese: “Morro da providência”
- Portuguese: “Morro da Providência”
- Spanish: “Morro da Providência”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morro da Providência and Igreja Nossa Senhora da Providência.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Morro da Providência”. Photo: Wolfhardt, CC BY-SA 3.0.