The Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro dedicated to Our Lady of Mount Carmel is an old Carmelite church which served as cathedral of Rio de Janeiro from around 1808 until 1976.

Tiradentes Palace

Government office

Photo: Nikolof, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Tiradentes Palace is an eclectic government building located in the Centro neighborhood, next to the Paço Imperial in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was inaugurated on 6 May 1926 and was the former seat of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, between 1926 and 1960, and is the current seat of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro. Tiradentes Palace is situated 160 metres east of Convent of Mount Carmel.

National Library

Library

Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The National Library of Brazil is the depository of the bibliographic and documentary heritage of Brazil. It is located in Rio de Janeiro, the capital city of Brazil from 1763 to 1960, more specifically at Cinelândia square. National Library is situated 670 metres south of Convent of Mount Carmel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castelo and Centro.

Castelo

Quarter

Castelo is a region in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood, and officially forms part of the Centro neighborhood. It is generally considered to be located in the region between Avenida Rio Branco, the Santos Dumont Airport and Praça Quinze de Novembro.

Centro

Suburb

Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.

Centro is a neighborhood in the Central Region of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It represents the financial heart of the city, and the crux of the Central Region.

Saúde

Suburb

Saúde is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its population in 2000 was 2186. Located on the coast, just north of the historical centre in downtown Rio, west of Praça Mauá and east of Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, it contains several notable hospitals such as Hospital dos Servidores de Estado and Hospital Pro Matre; the name Saúde means "Health" in Portuguese.

Convent of Mount Carmel

Categories: monastery, convent, historic site, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.90371° or 22° 54′ 13″ south

Longitude

-43.17538° or 43° 10′ 31″ west

Elevation

7 metres (23 feet)

Height

9.1 metres (30 feet)

Open location code

589R3RWF+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 460622011

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q4902626

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Convent of Mount Carmel” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Convent del Carmel (Rio de Janeiro)”
Catalan: “Convent del Carmel”
French: “Couvent du Carmel de Rio de Janeiro”
French: “couvent du Carmel”
Portuguese: “Convento do Carmo do Rio de Janeiro”
Portuguese: “Convento do Carmo”
Spanish: “Convento del Carmen (Río de Janeiro)”
Spanish: “Convento del Carmen”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Antigo Convento de Nossa Senhora do Carmo and Praça Procurador-Geral Eduardo Seabra Fagundes.

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