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The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Sebastian (Portuguese: Catedral Metropolitana de São Sebastião), better known as the Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro (Catedral Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro) or as the Cathedral of St. Sebastian of Rio de Janeiro (Catedral de São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro), is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of São Sebastião do Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão–Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport ( IATA: GIG, ICAO: SBGL ), popularly known by its original name Galeão International Airport, is the main international airport serving Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The airport was originally named after the neighborhood of Galeão: [5] Praia do Galeão (Galleon Beach) is located ...
Antônio Carlos Jobim. " Waters of March " ( Portuguese: "Águas de março" [ˈaɡwɐʒ dʒi ˈmaʁsu]) is a Brazilian song composed by Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) in 1972. Jobim wrote both the Portuguese and English lyrics. [1] The lyrics, originally written in Portuguese, do not tell a story, but rather present a series of images that ...
The Atrato River ( Spanish: Río Atrato) is a river of northwestern Colombia. It rises in the slopes of the Western Cordillera and flows almost due north to the Gulf of Urabá (or Gulf of Darién ), where it forms a large, swampy delta. [5] Its course crosses the Chocó Department, forming that department's border with neighboring Antioquia in ...
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The Encontro das Águas State Park is divided between the municipalities of Poconé (56.71%) and Barão de Melgaço (43.29%) in the state of Mato Grosso. It has an area of 108,960 ha (269,200 acres). [1] The MT-060 highway cuts across the northwest tip of the park, and a road leads from MT-060 along the northeast border of the park. [2]
Carioca Aqueduct. / 22.9125944°S 43.1798500°W / -22.9125944; -43.1798500. The Carioca Aqueduct ( Portuguese: Aqueduto da Carioca ), 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 Águas Livres Aqueduct ( Portuguese: Aqueduto das Águas Livres, pronounced [ɐkɨˈðutu ðɐz ˈaɣwɐʒ ˈlivɾɨʃ], "Aqueduct of the Free Waters") is a historic aqueduct in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is one of the most remarkable examples of 18th-century Portuguese engineering. The main course of the aqueduct covers 18 km, but ...