| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The carved entrance to the Basilica.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
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The Basilica's administrative buildings.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The Basilica is famous for twelve carved statues of the prophets.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The prophet Isiah. The statues were carved by Brazil's most famous sculptor, Aleijadinho, between 1800 and 1805.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Detail of the face of Isiah. The statues were carved by Aleijadinho when he was crippled in his hands.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Ezechiel.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Daniel with a lion.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Detail of Daniel's lion.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The prophet, Osee.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Jonah with a whale.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Detail of Jonah's whale.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The prophet, Abdias.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
One of six small chapels full of carvings about the life of Jesus carved by Aleijadinho and his students.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
The capture of Jesus.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Woman crying as she watches Jesus carrying his cross.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Minas Gerais
City / Town : Congonhas
Site / Event : Basilica do Bom Jesus de Matisinhos
|
 |
Jesus being crucified.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
|
 |
Rio de Jeneiro was first settled by the French until driven out by the Portuguese in 1560.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
|
 |
Rio de Jeneiro has a spectacular setting between mountains and the sea.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Modern skyscrapers in Centro, the commercial heart of the city.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Centro is the business district of Rio de Jeneiro.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Praca Floriano
|
 |
Praca Floriano is the heart of Rio's business centre.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Praca Floriano
|
 |
Statue in the centre of the square.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Praca Floriano
|
 |
The Biblioteca Nacional.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Praca Floriano
|
 |
Museum of Fine Arts.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Praca Floriano
|
 |
Detail of the Teatro Municipal (1905).
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
1930s style hotel.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Newspaper and magazine stall.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Praca Mahatma Gandhi.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Sugar Loaf Mountain from a park in the central business district.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Busy pedestrian area.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Street scene in the centre including old and new buildings.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
The Cathedral is shaped like a pyramid.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Convento de Santo Antonio
|
 |
The convent is one of the older buildings in the modern Centro region.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Convento de Santo Antonio
|
 |
Portuguese tiles in the courtyard.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
The Petrobras Building.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Centro has many art deco buildings from the 1930s.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Shoppers.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Art deco balconies.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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The Independence of Brazil was declared in Campo de Santana, now a small park.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Pulses for sale.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
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Ornate balconies in the commercial centre of Rio.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
View of Centro, the commercial centre, from the sea.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The entrance to the Royal Palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Statue of Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil who died in 1891.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The palace gardens.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Detail of the art deco facade of the palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
Ornately carved gateway.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
The interior.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
Site / Event : Royal Palace
|
 |
View of Rio from the palace.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Centro
|
 |
Airplane taking off over Centro.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Sugar Loaf Mountain is a rounded slab of granite rising 394m from the sea.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
The second of two stages of the cable car which ascends to 396m over a distance of 766m.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
View for the forest below the mountain.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Views over the dramatic coastline.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Views over the islands from the iconic Sugar Loaf Mountain.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Forested island.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Family climbing Sugar Loaf.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
The dramatic coastline near Rio de Jeneiro.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Detail of the island Fort.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Rio's setting is among sea and mountains.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
View of the city centre from Sugar Loaf.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
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Dramatic location of buildings.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Rio is one of the most dramatically located cities in the world.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Sugar Loaf
|
 |
Sugar Loaf Mountain is a symbol of Rio.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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View of Copacabana Beach from Sugar Loaf Mountain.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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The Copacabana district with its beach.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
 |
Copacabana beach is one of the most famous in the world.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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Playing beach volleyball.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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Groups of people on the beach.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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Jogging and relaxing.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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Islands off the coast.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
 |
Copacabana is a busy tourist area.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Copacabana
|
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Street scene.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
|
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The city is wedged between the mountains and the sea.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
|
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Hilly district.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Tram viaduct connecting Centro with the hilly suburb of Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Rio's only tram travels to the hillside colonial district of Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Elegant colonial house on a hill.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Ornately carved house.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Colonial houses, cobbled streets and tram lines.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
 |
Santa Teresa is an upmarket district once home to fugitive UK bank robber Ronnie Biggs.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Hillside houses seen from Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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View over the city to Sugar Loaf Mountain from Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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View of the city, coast and islands.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Boats and ships from the hills of Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Buildings in Santa Teresa are set against the mountains overlooking Rio.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
 |
Painting of a brass band from the Chacara do Ceu, a private museum donated by a wealthy industrialist.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Painting of Rio at the Chacara do Ceu gallery.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Santa Teresa
|
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Partially hidden Corcovado from the suburb of Santa Teresa.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovardo
|
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Corcovardo with its huge statue of Christ overlooks Rio.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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Corcovado (704m) seen from Sugar Loaf Mountain.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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The 30m high Christ the Redeemer sits atop of Corcovado and is a symbol of Rio.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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Detail of the upper part of the Christ the Redeemer statue.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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The view from Corcovado over the commercial centre of Rio, the airport and the islands.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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View of the cemetary at Sao Joao.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
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Looking down on the city from Corcovado.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
District : Corcovado
|
 |
View of Sugar Loaf Mountain from Corcovado.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
Site / Event : Maracana Stadium
|
 |
The Maracana Stadium, one of the most famous football stadia in the world, viewed from Corcovado.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
Site / Event : Maracana Stadium
|
 |
The stadium can hold up to 200 thousand people.
|
1998 |
| Brazil |
State / Province : Rio de Jeneiro
City / Town : Rio de Jeneiro
Site / Event : Maracana Stadium
|
 |
A "friendly" football match between Brazil and Argentina.
|
1998 |
were added from 1 February 2025.