Candelária Church (Rio de Janeiro)
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The Candelária Church (Portuguese: Igreja da Candelária) is an important historical church in the city of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. It was built and decorated during a long period (1775 to the end of the 19th century) and combines a Baroque façade with a Neoclassical and Neo-Renaissance inner decoration.
The area around the church was the site of the Candelária massacre of July 23, 1993, which brought worldwide attention to the issue of police brutality toward street children in Brazil.
The area around the church was the site of the Candelária massacre of July 23, 1993, which brought worldwide attention to the issue of police brutality toward street children in Brazil.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candelária_Church
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Coordinates: 22°54'3"S 43°10'40"W
- Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro 0.3 km
- Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro 1.1 km
- Saint Thérèse of Lisieux Basilica 4.4 km
- Saint Laurence of the Indians Church. 7.4 km
- Igreja Histórica São Francisco Xavier 8.8 km
- Our Lady of Snows Church 10 km
- Igreja de São Gonçalo do Amarantes 15 km
- Igreja do Sagrado Coração de Jesus 19 km
- Santa Rosa de Lima Chapel 21 km
- Igreja de São José Operário 27 km
- Edifício dos Empresários 0.1 km
- Banco do Brasil Cultural Center 0.2 km
- Edifício GTIS São Bento 0.3 km
- RB1 0.4 km
- Federal Regional Court of the Second Region 0.5 km
- Camelodromo - Uruguaiana 0.5 km
- Downtown Rio de Janeiro 0.5 km
- Saúde 0.8 km
- Port of Rio de Janeiro 3.1 km
- Guanabara Bay 10 km