União da Ilha do Governador
The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba União da Ilha do Governador was founded on March 7, 1953 by the friends Maurício Gazelle, and Quincas Orphylo, who were in Cacuia, the main site of the carnival parade of the Ilha do Governador, watching the presentation of small schools of samba and blocks of various districts of the island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Community center
- Description: samba school
- Also known as: “GRES União da Ilha do Governador” and “União da Ilha”
- Address: 322 Estrada do Galeão, Cacuia, Rio de Janeiro
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Estádio Luso Brasileiro and Ilha d’Água.
Estádio Luso Brasileiro
Stadium
Photo: Junius, Public domain.
Estádio Luso Brasileiro, formerly known as Ilha do Urubu, Arena Petrobras, Arena Botafogo and Estádio da Ilha do Governador is a football stadium inaugurated on 2 October 1965 in Ilha do Governador neighborhood, Rio de Janeiro. Estádio Luso Brasileiro is situated 2½ km northwest of União da Ilha do Governador.
Ilha d’Água
Islet
Photo: Diego Baravelli, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ilha d’Água is an islet, which is situated 2½ km east of União da Ilha do Governador.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pitangueiras and Praia da Bandeira.
Praia da Bandeira
Suburb
Praia da Bandeira is a neighborhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
União da Ilha do Governador
- Categories: samba school, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude
-22.81376° or 22° 48′ 50″ southLongitude
-43.18874° or 43° 11′ 19″ westOpen location code
589R5RP6+FGOpenStreetMap ID
way 48646529OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=community_centreOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3093402
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“União da Ilha do Governador” goes by many names.
- French: “União da Ilha do Governador”
- French: “União da Ilha”
- German: “União da Ilha do Governador”
- German: “União da Ilha”
- Portuguese: “União da Ilha do Governador”
- Portuguese: “União da Ilha”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include SimSalabim Festas - Buffet Infantil and Cemitério da Cacuia.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Estacionamento GRES União da Ilha do Governador and Viação Ideal.
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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 “União da Ilha do Governador”. Photo: Arleson Rezende, CC BY-SA 4.0.