Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #6 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Palácio das Laranjeiras is a palace designated as the official residence of the Governor of the state of Rio de Janeiro. It is located in the neighborhood of Laranjeiras, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is listed by the National Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage (IPHAN) and by the State Institute of Cultural Heritage of Rio de Janeiro (INEPAC).

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Largo do Machado is a square located on the border of the Catete, Flamengo and Laranjeiras neighborhoods in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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The Museum of the Republic is a Brazilian museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, more precisely in the historic building of the Catete Palace. Its function is to preserve, investigate and communicate the objects and documents that testify to the memory and history of the republican form of government in Brazil. It is part of the structure of the Brazilian Institute of Museums, a federal agency linked to the Special Secretariat of Culture of the Ministry of Tourism.

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The Catete Palace is an urban mansion in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The property stretches from Rua do Catete to Praia do Flamengo. Construction began in 1858 and ended in 1867. It was Brazil's presidential palace from 1897 to 1960, and the site of Getúlio Vargas' suicide. It now houses the Museu da República and a theatre. The Catete underground rail station is adjacent.

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The historic garden of the Catete Palace occupies an area of ​​24,000 m2 from the Catete Palace area, connecting Rua do Catete to Flamengo Beach, in parallel to Silveira Martins Street. Its original format, whose project is attributed to the French landscape designer Antoine Glaziou, had large trees, a orchard and the Palmeiras Germany, already existing on the ground since before its acquisition by Baron of Nova Friburgo.

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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 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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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 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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The Apotheosis Square is a venue in Rio de Janeiro close to the Morro da Mineira favela. It is part of Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí, which can hold a maximum 90,000 people. For concerts, it can hold from 10,000 to 40,000 people.

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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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