Unidos do Viradouro
Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Unidos do Viradouro, or simply Viradouro or Unidos do Viradouro, is a samba school that competes in the Carnival city of Rio de Janeiro. It is located in the Barreto neighborhood in Niterói.Photo: Viniciusmarvin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Arts center
- Description: Samba School
- Also known as: “GRES Unidos do Viradouro”, “Viradouro”, and “Virando Esperança”
- Address: 16 Avenida do Contorno, Barreto, Niterói
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cemitério do Maruí and Acadêmicos do Cubango.
Cemitério do Maruí
Cemetery
Photo: Erico Tachizawa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cemitério do Maruí is a cemetery, which is situated 420 metres south of Unidos do Viradouro.
Acadêmicos do Cubango
Community center
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0 br.
Acadêmicos do Cubango is a community center, which is situated 3½ km south of Unidos do Viradouro.
Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Niterói
Church
Photo: Mircezar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Also Niterói Cathedral It is a Catholic cathedral built in late colonial style in the city of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro in the south of Brazil. Metropolitan Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Niterói is situated 4 km southwest of Unidos do Viradouro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Engenhoca and Ilha da Conceição.
Engenhoca
Suburb
Niterói is a municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay, facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forming part of the Rio de Janeiro Metropolitan Area.
Ilha da Conceição
Suburb
Ilha da Conceição is an island, and one of the 48 administrative districts in which the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is divided. It lies in the northern zone of the city, in the Guanabara Bay.
Cubango
Suburb
Photo: Marlon.ney, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cubango is a neighborhood located in the northwest of the city Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is famous for hosting the samba school Acadêmicos do Cubango that competes in the Rio Carnival. Cubango is situated 3½ km south of Unidos do Viradouro.
Unidos do Viradouro
- Categories: samba school, building, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.85908° or 22° 51′ 33″ southLongitude
-43.1044° or 43° 6′ 16″ westOpen location code
589R4VRW+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 37378185OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=arts_centreOpenStreetMap feature
building=noOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=recreation_groundOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3093401
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In Other Languages
From French to Swedish—“Unidos do Viradouro” goes by many names.
- French: “Unidos do Viradouro”
- German: “Unidos do Viradouro”
- Italian: “Unidos do Viradouro”
- Japanese: “ヴィラドウロ”
- Portuguese: “GRES Unidos do Viradouro”
- Portuguese: “Marcelinho Calil”
- Portuguese: “Monassa”
- Portuguese: “Unidos do Viradouro”
- Portuguese: “Viradouro”
- Portuguese: “Virando Esperança”
- Swedish: “GRES Unidos do Viradouro”
- Swedish: “Unidos do Viradouro”
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