Urca Casino

The Urca Casino was an internationally renowned Brazilian casino located in Urca, a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. It operated from 1933 to 1946, when gambling was banned.

Type: College
Description: former Brazilian casino
Also known as: “Cassino da Urca”, “Hotel Balneário da Urca”, “Instituto Europeu de Design”, and “TV Tupi”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Beach.

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 sugarloaf.

Urca Beach

Beach

Photo: Sergio Ricardo Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Urca Hill

Peak

Photo: Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Urca Hill is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Urca and Leme.

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.