Travel Photography > Photos tagged as rio_de_janeiro and monuments
Here we can see, on the foreground, the Monument dedicated to General Simon Bolivar, "El Libertador" - The Liberator (1783-1830), the revolutionary leader responsible for the independence of five South American countries: Venezuela (its own native land), Colombia, Bolivia, Peru and Ecuador. The monument, a gift from Venezuela to Brazil, was inaugurated in 1981, at Juliano Moreira Square (district of Botafogo). On the background, we can see Rio Sul Tower, Rio's tallest building (162 meters high).
This is a kind of "Angel", topping a huge monument dedicated to the brazilian heroes of the Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay War, occurred in the second half of XIX Century. Located at General Tibúrcio Square (district of Urca), it's also known as the "Urca's Angel".
Here is another view of Corcovado Mountain (710 meters high) and Christ The Redeemer monument, taken from a bus stop. This "Number One" landmark can be seen from (almost) everywhere in town, like this street (Rua Humaitá), a very busy one.
Corcovado Mountain and Christ The Redeemer monument, seen from Laranjeiras Street. I know it's not a good pic by the technical side. Anyway, I liked the composition as a whole and decided to post it... Hope you like it!
Monument to Youth, by Bruno Giorgi - Gustavo Capanema Building (former headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Culture) gardens, in Downtown Rio.
Here is a view of Corcovado Mountain (710 meters high) and Christ The Redeemer monument, seen from Botafogo Beach.
A view of Sugar Loaf, seen from General Tibúrcio Square, in the district of Urca. On the foreground we can see part of the monument dedicated to the brazilian heroes of the Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay War, occurred in the second half of XIX Century.
Inaugurated in 1944, the statue of Fryderyk Chopin (2,50 meters high), by Polish artist Augusto Sambynsky, was given to Rio by the Polish Community. Located at the mouth of Guanabara Bay, it stands close to famous Sugar Loaf (396 meters high), one of the city's main landmarks.