| Country |
Province State |
Region |
City Town |
District |
Site OR Event |
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Description |
Year Taken |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
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Congonhas |
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Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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The carved entrance to the Basilica. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
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Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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The Basilica's administrative buildings. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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The Basilica is famous for twelve carved statues of the prophets. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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The prophet Isiah. The statues were carved by Brazil's most famous sculptor, Aleijadinho, between 1800 and 1805. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Detail of the face of Isiah. The statues were carved by Aleijadinho when he was crippled in his hands. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Ezechiel. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Daniel with a lion. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Detail of Daniel's lion. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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The prophet, Osee. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Jonah with a whale. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Detail of Jonah's whale. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
 |
The prophet, Abdias. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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One of six small chapels full of carvings about the life of Jesus carved by Aleijadinho and his students. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
 |
The capture of Jesus. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Woman crying as she watches Jesus carrying his cross. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Minas Gerais |
|
Congonhas |
|
Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos |
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Jesus being crucified. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro was first settled by the French until driven out by the Portuguese in 1560. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro has a spectacular setting between mountains and the sea. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
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Modern skyscrapers in Centro, the commercial heart of the city. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Centro is the business district of Rio de Jeneiro. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Praca Floriano |
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Praca Floriano is the heart of Rio's business centre. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Praca Floriano |
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Statue in the centre of the square. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Praca Floriano |
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The Biblioteca Nacional. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Praca Floriano |
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Museum of Fine Arts. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Praca Floriano |
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Detail of the Teatro Municipal (1905). |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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1930s style hotel. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Newspaper and magazine stall. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Praca Mahatma Gandhi. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Sugar Loaf Mountain from a park in the central business district. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Busy pedestrian area. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Street scene in the centre including old and new buildings. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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The Cathedral is shaped like a pyramid. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Convento de Santo Antonio |
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The convent is one of the older buildings in the modern Centro region. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Convento de Santo Antonio |
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Portuguese tiles in the courtyard. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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The Petrobras Building. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Centro has many art deco buildings from the 1930s. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Shoppers. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Art deco balconies. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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The Independence of Brazil was declared in Campo de Santana, now a small park. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Pulses for sale. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Ornate balconies in the commercial centre of Rio. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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View of Centro, the commercial centre, from the sea. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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The entrance to the Royal Palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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Statue of Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil who died in 1891. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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The palace gardens. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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Detail of the art deco facade of the palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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Ornately carved gateway. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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The interior. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
Royal Palace |
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View of Rio from the palace. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Centro |
|
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Airplane taking off over Centro. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Sugar Loaf Mountain is a rounded slab of granite rising 394m from the sea. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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The second of two stages of the cable car which ascends to 396m over a distance of 766m. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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View for the forest below the mountain. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Views over the dramatic coastline. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Views over the islands from the iconic Sugar Loaf Mountain. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Forested island. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Family climbing Sugar Loaf. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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The dramatic coastline near Rio de Jeneiro. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Detail of the island Fort. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Rio's setting is among sea and mountains. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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View of the city centre from Sugar Loaf. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Dramatic location of buildings. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Rio is one of the most dramatically located cities in the world. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Sugar Loaf |
|
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Sugar Loaf Mountain is a symbol of Rio. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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View of Copacabana Beach from Sugar Loaf Mountain. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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The Copacabana district with its beach. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Copacabana beach is one of the most famous in the world. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Playing beach volleyball. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Groups of people on the beach. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Jogging and relaxing. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Islands off the coast. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Copacabana is a busy tourist area. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Copacabana |
|
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Street scene. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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|
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The city is wedged between the mountains and the sea. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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|
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Hilly district. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Tram viaduct connecting Centro with the hilly suburb of Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Rio's only tram travels to the hillside colonial district of Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Elegant colonial house on a hill. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Ornately carved house. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Colonial houses, cobbled streets and tram lines. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Santa Teresa is an upmarket district once home to fugitive UK bank robber Ronnie Biggs. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Hillside houses seen from Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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View over the city to Sugar Loaf Mountain from Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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View of the city, coast and islands. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Boats and ships from the hills of Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Buildings in Santa Teresa are set against the mountains overlooking Rio. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Painting of a brass band from the Chacara do Ceu, a private museum donated by a wealthy industrialist. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Painting of Rio at the Chacara do Ceu gallery. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Santa Teresa |
|
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Partially hidden Corcovado from the suburb of Santa Teresa. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovardo |
|
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Corcovardo with its huge statue of Christ overlooks Rio. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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Corcovado (704m) seen from Sugar Loaf Mountain. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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The 30m high Christ the Redeemer sits atop of Corcovado and is a symbol of Rio. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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Detail of the upper part of the Christ the Redeemer statue. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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The view from Corcovado over the commercial centre of Rio, the airport and the islands. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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View of the cemetary at Sao Joao. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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Looking down on the city from Corcovado. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
Corcovado |
|
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View of Sugar Loaf Mountain from Corcovado. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Maracana Stadium |
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The Maracana Stadium, one of the most famous football stadia in the world, viewed from Corcovado. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Maracana Stadium |
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The stadium can hold up to 200 thousand people. |
1998 |
| Brazil |
Rio de Jeneiro |
|
Rio de Jeneiro |
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Maracana Stadium |
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A "friendly" football match between Brazil and Argentina. |
1998 |