Photos tagged as rio_de_janeiro and architecture

Rio de Janeiro - City Skies

Another view of the sky reflected in the glass windows of "Manhattan Tower" Building, in Downtown Rio.

Date: 28 February 2007
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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It was a sunny summer afternoon and the sky reflected in the glass windows of "Manhattan Tower" Building (one of the many skyscrapers built along Rio Branco Avenue, Rio de Janeiro's Downtown main street) looked really nice!

Date: 28 February 2007
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Three Towers

The elegant profile of "Santa Luzia" Church, a Portuguese colonial architecture's jewel (1752), in Downtown Rio de Janeiro, contrasts with it's modern neighbours.

Date: 14 August 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Moorish Pavilion II

Another detail of the "Moorish Pavilion" (1917), building which hosts the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation - Fiocruz, an important research center in medicine and health.

Date: 3 August 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Moorish Pavilion I

Internal detail of the "Moorish Pavilion", by portuguese architect Luis de Moraes Júnior, inaugurated in 1917 to host what today is one of the world's main research centers in medicine and health, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation - Fiocruz. The beautiful building is located in the district of Manguinhos.

Date: 3 August 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Presbyterian Cathedral IV

Here is a night view of the Presbyterian Cathedral, in Downtown Rio.

Date: 28 May 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Catedral, Lapa & Santa Teresa

Some contrasts in Downtown Rio: the modern San Sebastian Cathedral (1972); the old District of Lapa, a night life neighbourhood, where restaurants, bars, music & dance clubs abound; and, on the background, Santa Teresa Hill, a charming residential neighbourhood, full of restaurants, art galleries and ateliers.

Date: 25 May 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Presbyterian Cathedral IV

Another frontal view of Rio de Janeiro's Presbyterian Cathedral.

Date: 2 April 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Presbyterian Cathedral III

Here is a frontal view of Rio de Janeiro's Presbyterian Cathedral.

Date: 2 April 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Presbyterian Cathedral II

Here is another pic of Rio de Janeiro's Presbyterian Cathedral, first Protestant Church in Brazil (1862). The beautiful neogothical structure was built in 1934 and stands closer to modern skyscrapers in Downtown.

Date: 2 April 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Presbyterian Cathedral I

First Protestant Church in Brazil (1862), the beautiful Rio de Janeiro's Presbyterian Cathedral - built in 1934, in neogothical style - contrasts with Downtown skyscrapers. Numerous vitrals illuminate its interior.

Date: 2 April 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Republic Museum IV

Here is part of the Republic Museum ("Palácio do Catete" - Catete Palace) façade, in the district of Catete. Once the official residence of the country’s presidents, before the capital moved from Rio to Brasília, in 1960, the Catete Palace displays a significant collection of pieces of art and historical documents.

Date: 17 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Republic Museum II

Another view of the Republic Museum's gardens, in the district of Catete.

Date: 16 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Republic Museum I

Here is part of the Republic Museum gardens, in the district of Catete. The "Museu da República" is a historical museum, housed in a former presidential palace (Palácio do Catete). The museum and its gardens are very popular, specially on saturdays and sundays.

Date: 16 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Welcome!

This is part of the lobby of the Museum of Earth Sciences, in the district of Urca. Open since 1934, the Museum has a huge collection of minerals, fossiles and historical documents on Brazil's geological history.

Date: 13 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Twins V

A nice example of Rio's neoclassical architecture (last decades of XIX Century), the "Casas Casadas" (Married Houses), in the district of Laranjeiras, were built as a multifamily residence. Today, they're going to become a multimedia cultural center.

Date: 13 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Twins IV

Here we see two respectable ladies: the "Casas Casadas" (Married Houses) building and an old "ficus" tree, in the district of Laranjeiras.

Date: 13 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Twins III

Another view of the "Casas Casadas" (Married Houses), in the district of Laranjeiras. I took this pic some days after the others I've posted here about the same subject. Now, it's possible to see the contrasts between the old and the new. This building, a former residencial complex for families, in the last decades of the XIX Century, is now becoming a multimedia cultural complex.

Date: 13 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Lion King

A lion (!!!) stands at the entrance of the Earth Sciences Museum, in the district of Urca.

Date: 9 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Twins II

Another view of the "Casas Casadas" (Married Houses), in the district of Laranjeiras.

Date: 4 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
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Rio de Janeiro - Twins I

These are the "Casas Casadas" (Married Houses), a nice example of Rio's neoclassical architecture (last decades of XIX Century), in the district of Laranjeiras.