Interesting
facts
The name
'Rio de Janeiro' is Portuguese for 'River of January' and
was given to the city by the captaincy of the Portuguese
Empire in 1565, the date the city was established.
Christ the Redeemer landmark on the top of Corcovada Mountain
is one of the most recognized features of Rio and has on
several occasions been named one of the Seven Wonders of
the World.
Brazil's most famous dance - samba - has its origins from
the African slaves that worked in the plantations in the
State of Rio de Janeiro.
With over 50 kilometers of white and golden sand beaches,
Rio is Brazil's tourism capital.
Brazilians are apt to say that if you have not visited Rio's
Christ the Redeemer statue, Sugarloaf Mountain, Ipanema
Beach, Copacabana Beach, Sambodromo, Maracana Stadium, and
Tijuca National Park; then you have never been to Brazil.
Do you know Rio's most popular natives? Well, here is a
list; Ronaldo (soccer player), The Gracie Martial Arts Family,
Anderson Silva (MMA Fighter), Tom Jobin (Musician/”The
Girl from Ipanema”), Vinicius de Moraes (Musician/”The
Girl from Ipanema”), and Oscar Niemeyer (architect)...the
list can be longer...you just have to type it yourself.
There are more than 200 samba schools in Rio. The city gets
millions of international tourists every year.
Rio's 'Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea'
is the part which was named a World Heritage Center in 2012.
World
Heritage Sites
Historic
Town of Ouro Preto
Historic
Centre of the Town of Olinda
Jesuit
Missions of the Guaranis : San Ignacio Mini , Santa Ana
, Nuestra Seqora de Loreto and Santa Maria Mayor (Argentina)
, Ruins of Sao Miguel das Missoes (Brazil)
Historic
Centre of Salvador de Bahia
Sanctuary
of Bom Jesus do Congonhas
Iguagu
National Park
Brasilia
Serra
da Capivara National Park
Historic
Centre of Sco Lums
Atlantic
Forest South-East Reserves
Discovery
Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves
Historic
Centre of the Town of Diamantina
Central
Amazon Conservation Complex
Pantanal
Conservation Area
Brazilian
Atlantic Islands : Fernando de Noronha and Atol das Rocas
Reserves
Cerrado
Protected Areas : Chapada dos Veadeiros and Emas National
Parks
Historic
Centre of the Town of Goias
Sco
Francisco Square in the Town of Sco Cristsvco
Rio
de Janeiro : Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and
the Sea
Pampulha
Modern Ensemble
Valongo
Wharf Archaeological Site
Paraty
and Ilha Grande Culture and Biodiversity
Tourism
spots, locations
Botanical
Gardens
Instituto
Plantarum – São Paulo
Fundação Zoobotânica – Porto Alegre
Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte
(Zoo-botanical foundation of Belo Horizonte) – Belo
Horizonte
Jardim Botânico de Curitiba – Curitiba
Jardim Botânico de São Paulo – São
Paulo
Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro – Rio de Janeiro
Núcleo de Pesquisa e Desenvolvimento Jardim Botânico
– Campinas
Jardim Botânico de Brasilia – Brasília
Zoos
Boa
Luz Eco Parque - Laranjeiras
Distrito Federal
Fundação Zoo-Botânica de Belo Horizonte
- Belo Horizonte
Gramado Zoo - Gramado
Jardim Zoobotânico de Franca - Franca
Jardim Zoológico de Brasília - Brasília
Jardim Zoológico de Niterói - Niterói
Jardim Zoológico Lauro Palhares - Pará de
Minas
Municipal Zoological Park Quinzinho de Barros - Sorocaba
Pampas Safari - Gravataí
Parque Cyro Gevaerd Santur - Balneário Camboriú
Parque das Aves - Foz do Iguaçu
Parque Ecológico "Dr. Antônio T. Viana"
- São Carlos
Parque Ecológico e Zoobotânico de Brusque -
Brusque
Parque Ecológico Municipal "Cid Almeida Franco"
- Americana
Parque Ecológico Municipal Danilo Galafassi - Cascavel
Parque Zoobotânico - Teresina
Parque Zoobotânico de Carajás - Parauapebas
Parque Zoobotânico de Joinville - Joinville
Parque Zoobotânico de Pouso Alegre - Pouso Alegre
Parque Zoobotânico do Museu Paraense Emílio
Goeldi - Belém
Parque Zoobotânico Doutor Mário Frota - Varginha
Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas - Salvador
Parque Zoobotânico Rolf - Mata de São João
Parque Zoológico - Aracaju
Parque Zoológico - Sapucaia do Sul
Parque Zoológico Arruda Câmara - João
Pessoa
Parque Zoológico de Goiânia - Goiânia
Parque Zoológico de Ilha Solteira - Ilha Solteira
Parque Zoológico de Rondonópolis - Rondonópolis
Parque Zoológico Dr. Fábio de Sá Barreto
- Ribeirão Preto
Parque Zoológico Eugênio Walter - Boituva
Parque Zoológico Municipal - Manaus
Parque Zoológico Municipal Antônio Melo Verçosa
- Vitória de Santo Antão
Parque Zoológico Municipal de Guarulhos
Parque Zoológico Sargento Prata - Fortaleza
Rio de Janeiro Zoo - Rio de Janeiro
São Paulo Zoo - São Paulo
Zoo Botanical Park Dois Irmaos - Recife
Zoológico Bosque Guarani - Foz do Iguaçu
Zoológico da Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
- Cuiabá
Zoológico de Jardinópolis - Jardinópolis
Zoológico de Matelândia - Matelândia
Zoológico de Vilhena - Vilhena
Zoológico do Centro de Instrução de
Guerra na Selva - Manaus
Zoológico do Litoral - Osório
Zoológico do Parque Chico Mendes - Rio Branco
Zoológico do Sétimo Batalhão de Infantaria
de Selva - Boa Vista
Zoológico Municipal Amaro Sátiro de Araújo
- Montes Claros
Zoológico Municipal de Alta Floresta - Alta Floresta
Zoológico Municipal de Araçatuba "Dr.
Flávio Leite Ribeiro" - Araçatuba
Zoológico Municipal de Bauru - Bauru
Zoológico Municipal de Buri - Buri
Zoológico Municipal de Cachoeira do Sul - Cachoeira
do Sul
Zoológico Municipal de Campinas - Campinas
Zoológico Municipal de Canoas - Canoas
Zoológico Municipal de Catanduva - Catanduva
Zoológico Municipal de Curitiba - Curitiba
Zoológico Municipal de Garça "Dr. Belírio
Guimarães Brandão" - Garça
Zoológico Municipal de Leme - Leme
Zoológico Municipal de Limeira - Limeira
Zoológico Municipal de Lins - Lins
Zoológico Municipal de Mogi Guaçu - Mogi Guaçu
Zoológico Municipal de Mogi Mirim "Luiz Gonzaga
Amoêdo Campos" - Mogi-Mirim
Zoológico Municipal de Pedreira - Pedreira
Zoológico Municipal de Piracicaba - Piracicaba
Zoológico Municipal de Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
- Santa Bárbara d'Oeste
Zoológico Municipal de São Bernardo do Campo
- São Bernardo do Campo
Zoológico Municipal de São José do
Rio Preto - São José do Rio Preto
Zoológico Municipal de São Vicente - São
Vicente
Zoológico Municipal de Sete Lagoas - Sete Lagoas
Zoológico Municipal de Taboão da Serra - Taboão
da Serra
Zoológico Municipal de Três Pontas - Três
Pontas
Zoológico Municipal de Volta Redonda - Volta Redonda
Zoológico Municipal Henrique Pedroni - Sumaré
Zoológico Municipal Nestor Bologna - Vargem Grande
do Sul
Zoológico Municipal Parque do Sabiá - Uberlândia
Zoológico Municipal Parque dos Jacarandás
- Uberaba
Zoológico Pomerode - Pomerode
Zoológico Vale dos Bichos - São José
dos Campos
Zooparque Itatiba - Itatiba
Every
celebrity in every category must use their infuening power
or their own responsibility to help climate change which
is already crossing dangerous propoertions. Not climate
change activism but something which is legally ok with
the government of their country. World is an integration
of all countries. Climate change is an example.
Pedro
de Alcantara (Pedro II)
Former emperor
Castro Alves
Poet
Jorge Amado
Author
Oswaldo Aranha
Politician, diplomat, statesman
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Author, playwright
Fabio Assuncao
Actor
Ruy Barbosa
Lawyer, jurist, politician, diplomat
Antonio Pedro Alcantara Bourbon (Pedro I)
Former emperor; King Pedro IV of Portugal
Bardo de Rio Branco
Minister of foreign affairs
Dr. Vital Brasil
Founder Sao Paulo's snakebite serum institute at Butanta
Marcelino Candau
Director-general of WHO
Alberto Cavalcanti
Film director, producer
Francisco Costa
Fashion designer
Eduardo Coutinho
Director, screenwriter, producer
Oswaldo Cruz
Physician, founded the Brazilian Public Health Service
Euclides da Cunha
Author, sociologist, engineer
Antonio Goncalves Dias
Poet, dramatist
Luiz Duarte
Author, playwright, screenplay writer
Alberto Santos Dumont
Early pioneer of aviation
Heinz Ebert
Tectonicist
Florestan Fernandes
Father of Brazilian sociology
Oscar Lorenzo Fernandez
Composer
Joao Baptista de Oliverira Figueiredo
Military leader, politician, former president
Gilberto de Mello Freyre
Sociologist, cultural anthropologist, historian, journalist,
politician
Ernesto Geisel
Military leader, former president
Bruno Georgio
Sculptor
Ronald Golias
Comedian, actor
Carlos Gomes
Composer
Camargo Guarnieri
Composer
Elsie Houston
Singer
Warwick Estevam Kerr
Agricultural engineer, geneticist, entomologist
Aristides Leao
Biologist, scientist
Raw Leiba
Actor, stuntman
Antonia Francisco Lisboa
Church architect, carver
Joaquim Marques Lisboa (Marques of Tamandare)
Admiral War of the Triple Alliance
Monteiro Lobato
Author, publisher
Adolfo Lutz
Physician, pioneer of public health
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