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

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

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The Itaipu Archaeology Museum (MAI), located at 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 Recollection of Santa Teresa, the building where it is located, are listed at the federal level by the Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage, having been inscribed in the Book of Fine Arts Tombo on January 8, 1955.

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

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Solar do Jambeiro, also known as Palacete Bartholdy, is a manor house located in São Domingos, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Currently, it functions as a cultural center, hosting exhibitions of plastic arts, seminars, courses on preservation and restoration of cultural assets, exhibitions of plays and music, etc. It is managed 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 at the beginning of the twentieth century. The square has gardens, a fountain and statues in neoclassical style 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 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 parade, in front of the main door, has a stained glass of St. Dominic and Our Lady of the Rosary. Internally it has ornamentation with neo -oraroca, 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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