Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí is a purpose-built parade area built for the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue is also known as Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro or simply the Sambódromo in Portuguese or Sambadrome in English. It is located in the downtown area of Cidade Nova in Rio de Janeiro, and is the place where samba schools parade competitively each year during the Rio Carnival. The parades attract many thousands of Brazilians and foreign tourists each year, and the structure is also used as a multi-purpose performance venue. The structures of the Sambadrome were designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012), and represent his first major work after the end of the Brazilian dictatorship of 1964–1985.

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Campo de Santana, also known as Praça da República, is a park located in the center of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The name of the square is a reference to the fact that it is located in the vicinity of where the proclamation of the Republic of Brazil took place in 1889.

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The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading is a library and lusophone cultural institution, is located in Luís de Camões Street, number 30, in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is listed by the State Institute of Cultural Heritage. Elected the fourth most beautiful library in the world by Time magazine, the Cabinet has the largest collection of Portuguese literature outside Portugal.

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Largo de São Francisco de Paula is one of the oldest public places in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The Church of São Francisco de Paula is a Roman Catholic temple located in Largo de São Francisco de Paula, in the historic center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, capital of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. It is one of the largest temples in the municipality.

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The João Caetano Theater is located in Tiradentes Square, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. It offers 1,139 seats, including 605 in the audience, 117 in the noble balcony and 417 in the simple balcony. It is the oldest playhouse in the city.

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Praça Tiradentes is a street located in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Teatro Carlos Gomes is a theatre in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was established in 1868 in the Hotel Richelieu.

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The Rio de Janeiro Civil Police Museum is a historical museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It organizes and promotes permanent and temporary exhibitions of documents and items that portray the activities of Civil Police in the history of Rio de Janeiro since colonial times. It was founded in 1912 and was initially used only for the instruction of police academy students, but opened to the public in the 1930s. The museum is headquartered in a French eclectic style building constructed in 1910 by the architect Heitor de Mello. It is registered under the International Council of Museums as a scientific museum.

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The Presbyterian Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro is a historic congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Brazil. It was the first Presbyterian church in the country.

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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian, better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro or as the Cathedral of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro. The cathedral is the See of the Metropolitan Archbishops of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The church is dedicated to Saint Sebastian, the patron saint of Rio de Janeiro.

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The Chapel of the Child God is a Roman Catholic chapel located on Rua do Riachuelo, in the neighborhood of Lapa, in the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Sala Cecília Meireles is a theatre in the Lapa district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is noted for its chamber music and is considered to be one of the best venues in terms of acoustics in the city, as well as one of the most traditional in its design. The 670-seat theatre is named in honor of Brazilian author and amateur pianist Cecília Meireles.

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Escadaria Selarón, locally known as the 'Lapa Steps' for being situated at the "Lapa" neighborhood, is a set of world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are the work of Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón who claimed it as "my tribute to the Brazilian people".

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The Carioca Aqueduct, also known as Arcos da Lapa, is an aqueduct in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The aqueduct was built in the middle of the 18th century to bring fresh water from the Carioca River to the population of the city. It is a typical example of colonial architecture and engineering.

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The Church of the Third Order of St. Francis of Penitence is a colonial church located next to the Convent of St. Anthony, on the hill of the same name, in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Due to its exuberant baroque decoration, it is considered one of the most important in the city and the country.

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Morro de Santo Antônio is located in the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has access through Largo da Carioca.

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The Passeio Público is a public park in the historic centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Built after 1779, it is the oldest public park of Brazil and one of the oldest in the Americas.

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Monument to Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca is a monument in honor of Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. The monument dates back to 1937 and houses the remains of Marshal Deodoro and his wife.

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Paris Square is located in the Glória neighborhood, in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro. Designed by French urban planner Alfred Agache, it was built on an embankment in 1926 during the administration of Mayor Antônio Prado Júnior. The project reproduced the layout of a typical Parisian garden and included a large number of large almond trees, works of art and sculptures.

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The Positivist Church of Brazil was founded on May 11, 1881 by Miguel Lemos. Its headquarters is the Temple of Humanity, where the celebration of the Religion of Humanity, or Religious Positivism, took place, a doctrine created by the French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857).

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The São Joaquim Palace or Archiepiscopal Mitra Palace, located at Rua da Glória, 446, Glória, Rio de Janeiro, is an eclectic style building, built from 1912 to 1918 to be the residence of the first Cardinal Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, D. Joaquim Arcoverde de Albuquerque Cavalcanti.

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The National Monument to the Dead of World War II, popularly known as the Monument to the Pracinhas, is located in Eduardo Gomes Park, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Wikipedia: Monumento aos Mortos da Segunda Guerra Mundial (PT)