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Places of Interest Nearby

Earth Science Museum

Museum

Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, CC0.

The Earth Sciences Museum is a geological museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The building was part of the Exhibition of the Centenary of the Opening of the Ports of Brazil in 1908. Earth Science Museum is situated 200 metres northwest of IBIO / CCET.

Morro da Babilônia

Peak

Photo: Jorge Láscar, CC BY 2.0.

The Morro da Babilônia is a hill in the Leme neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, separating Copacabana beach from Botafogo. It is home to a favela known by the same name, as well as the favela Chapéu Mangueira.

Sugarloaf Mountain

Peak

Photo: Vincent E, Public domain.

Sugarloaf Mountain is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a peninsula at the mouth of Guanabara Bay. Rising 396 m above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar.

Places in the Area

Urca

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older.

Leme

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Leme is an upper-middle-class neighborhood in the South Zone of the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next to Copacabana, Urca and Botafogo. The neighborhood takes its name from a nearby rock formation whose shape resembles the rudder of a ship.

Botafogo

Suburb

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.

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