7 Sights in Niterói, Brazil (with Map and Images)

Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Cubango is a Brazilian samba school in the city of Niterói, which since the eighties has participated in the Rio carnival. Its headquarters are located in the Cubango neighborhood.

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The Itaipu Archaeology Museum (MAI), located on Itaipu beach, s/nº, in Itaipu, in the municipality of Niterói, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a unit linked to the Brazilian Institute of Museums, an agency of the Ministry of Culture. The museum began its activities on March 22, 1977 and does not have a legal instrument of creation such as an act or decree, but the Remnants of the Recolhimento de Santa Teresa, the building where it is located, are listed at the federal level by the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage, having been the property inscribed in the Book of Fine Arts on January 8, 1955.

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The Museum of History and Arts of the State of Rio de Janeiro (MHAERJ), or Museu do Ingá is a museum located in the Nilo Peçanha Palace, also called Palácio do Ingá, on Presidente Pedreira Street, in Ingá, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is linked to the Arts Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FUNARJ).

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Solar do Jambeiro, also known as Palacete Bartholdy, is a manor house in São Domingos, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, it functions as a cultural center, hosting exhibitions of fine arts, seminars, courses on preservation and restoration of cultural assets, exhibitions of plays and music, etc. It is administered by the Niterói Art Foundation (FAN), an agency linked to the Municipal Department of Culture of Niterói.

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General Gomes Carneiro Square, popularly known as Rink Square, is a street in the center of the city of Niterói. Its popular name comes from a skating rink that existed there in the early 20th century. The square has gardens, a fountain and neoclassical statues of lions and nymphs. It is bordered by XV de Novembro, Aurelino Leal, Almirante Tefê and Dr. Bormann streets. Surrounded by intense commerce, bank branches and restaurants, the square is close to the historic building of the central post office and the Arariboia Palace.

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The São Domingos de Gusmão Church is located in the São Domingos neighborhood, Niterói, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It originated from a chapel dedicated to São Domingos de Gusmão that was built in 1652, at the Domingos Araújo Sugar Farm and Violante do Céu Soares de Souza, an indigenous woman descended from Arariboia. In the eighteenth century he received a te deum for the visit of John VI (r. 1816–1822) when traveling to the village of Praia Grande and there was celebrated the fosters of José Bonifácio, whose heart is stored in a ballot box. The foundational stone of the current Church is dated 1898. And, 1907, there were additions on the right side and the back. In 1929, the parish was created. In 1995, it was listed by the city. The construction is part of Niterói's tourist script and is understood as a historic and architectural landmark. Its paradise, in front of the main door, has a stained glass of St. Dominic and Our Lady of the Rosary. Internally it has ornamentation with neobarroca, neorromantic and neogotic influence.

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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. It is located in Jardim São João, set of landscaped squares in the historical center of the city.

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