Pedregulho Housing Complex
The Pedregulho Housing Complex is an apartment complex and planned community in the Benfica neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was designed by the architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy.Photo: Filipeschaves, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Residential building
- Description: apartment complex
- Also known as: “Conjunto Habitacional Pedregulho” and “Conjunto Residencial Mayor Mendes de Moraes”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include São Januário and Quinta da Boa Vista.
São Januário
Stadium
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Estádio Vasco da Gama, popularly known as São Januário owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of CR Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil. São Januário is situated 510 metres east of Pedregulho Housing Complex.
Quinta da Boa Vista
Park
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Quinta da Boa Vista is a public park of great historical importance located in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood, in the North zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Quinta da Boa Vista is situated 1½ km southeast of Pedregulho Housing Complex.
Estação Primeira de Mangueira
Community center
Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, or simply Mangueira, is a samba school in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The school was founded on April 28, 1928, by Carlos Cachaça, Cartola, Zé Espinguela, among others. Estação Primeira de Mangueira is situated 1½ km southwest of Pedregulho Housing Complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vasco da Gama and Benfica.
Vasco da Gama
Suburb
Photo: Gaspar1915, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vasco da Gama is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was created in honor of the centenary of the football club CR Vasco da Gama in 1998, where its stadium, São Januário, is located.
Benfica
Suburb
Photo: annminan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Benfica is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located near São Cristóvão and Engenho de Dentro, within the Centro Administrative Region.
Mangueira
Suburb
Photo: Drmarcelodavid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mangueira is a shantytown neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, centered on the Mangueira hill or morro. It is most famous for its samba school, the Estação Primeira de Mangueira or simply Mangueira, which is one of strongest competitors in the annual Rio Carnival samba competition.
Pedregulho Housing Complex
- Categories: building complex and building
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.89253° or 22° 53′ 33″ southLongitude
-43.23293° or 43° 13′ 59″ westInception
1952Open location code
589R4Q48+XROpenStreetMap ID
way 288928705OpenStreetMap feature
building=residentialWikidata ID
Q18480281
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In Other Languages
“Pedregulho Housing Complex” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Conjunto Residencial do Pedregulho”
- Portuguese: “Conjunto Residencial Prefeito Mendes de Moraes”
- Portuguese: “Pedregulho”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Morro do Pedregulho and Morro da Caixa d’Água.
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