Campo de Santana (Rio de Janeiro)

Brazil / Rio de Janeiro / Rio de Janeiro
 square, green area
Guided visits for groups: Tels.: 2516-4097, 2223-3228
Back in the XVII Century, this downtown square was a sandy swamp, with just a few cashew trees. By the middle of the XVII century it was known as the Campo de São Domingos, in honor of the chapel built here for São Domingos de Gusmão. It was only in 1735 that it received its current name in honor of the mother of the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne - Santa Ana or Santana in Portuguese. It was known by several other names until Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca proclaimed the Brazilian Republic on 15 November 1889, when it was finally called Praça da República - Republic Square. Four iron gates protect its lawns, covering an area of 155,200 square meters, with fifty species of trees, four ponds and a grotto, all planned by French landscape designer Auguste Marie Glaziou. It is also home to agoutis, a flock of ducks, peacocks and marmosets, all running free, in addition to many other birds species that live happily with their human visitors.
Venue: Praça da República, s/nº - Centro
Phone: (21) 2323-3500 / (21) 2323-3555
E-mail: fpj@pcrj.rj.gov.br
Website: www.rio.rj.gov.br/fpj
Time: Daily, 9am-5pm
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Coordinates:   22°54'24"S   43°11'18"W

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  • Precisa redimensionar este local.
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