Category: Rio de Janeiro

With 206 748 inhabitants (data from IBGE in 2008), Macae is thirteenth most populous city in Rio de Janeiro State. In the city, there are two pro football teams: Macae Esporte Clube and Serra Macaense Futebol Clube. They usually play their games in Claudio Moacyr de Azevedo Stadium, also know as ”Moacyrzao” and with capacity [...]

Cavaleiros Beach has almost 1500 meters of extension. It has blue, clear and agitated waters, proper for baths, surfing and fishing. Due to its natural beauties and to the presence of several bars and restaurants, the beach receives many visitors. The Jurubatiba National Park was created in April of 1998. With 14,000 h of area, [...]

Since the late ’70s, when PETROBRAS  chosed Macae to host the company in Campos Basin, the city took a leap of growth: more than four thousand companies have settled, the population tripled,  luxury hotels appeared and a series of investments were made in services sector, increasing tourism business and the GDP.

In the seventeenth century, the government was warned that British adventurers wanted to establish and fortify a port between Rio de Janeiro and Espirito Santo  to facilitate the smuggling of Brazil wood and made provisions: established a thorp over Macae River and other over Seripe River each one with almost two hundred natives and a [...]

Campos dos Goitacases is the city with largest territorial extension in Rio de Janeiro State. The population is 463 545 inhabitants (data from IBGE in 2008) and the distance to the capital Rio de Janeiro is 286 kilometers. Dom Pedro II in 1883 inaugurated the first public lighting service, turning Campos into the first city [...]

The Tombo d’Agua Waterfall is located in Desengano Area of ​​Environmental Protection. The place has a great variety of animal and plant species, such as: bromeliads, orchids, ferns, cedars, peuva trees and others. With a fall of 80 meters high and 110 meters long, the waterfall forms a natural pool of crystal clear  and suitable [...]

Campos dos Goitacases is an important commercial and financial center that influences the northeast of Rio de Janeiro State and the southern Espirito Santo State. The city is the largest producer of oil in Brazil, due to the exploration of oil& gas by PETROBRAS  and concentrates most of the ceramic industry of its state.

The region where today is located the municipality was inhabited by natives of Goitaca tribe. Its colonization was initiated by Miguel Aires Maldonado in the first half of the seventeenth century. In these days, livestock industry was predominant in order to meet the market of Rio de Janeiro. During the second half of the seventeenth [...]

The name ”Niteroi” comes from the Tupi language and means ”water that hides itself”. A study made by Getulio Vargas Foundation considered the city as ”the richest in Brazil” because 30,7% of the population is part of economic class ”A”. The population is 487 423 inhabitants (data from IBGE in 2008) and the distance to [...]

The Cidade Park is located at theedge of Viracao Hill. Inaugurated in 1976, September, 21 the place has total area of 149 390 square meters of abundant vegetation and fauna formed by monkeys, squirrels, birds and various insects. On the access road to the park, among many eucalyptus trees, there are tables and benches for [...]

The municipality is dynamic and increasingly modern in regards to the economy and has the most workers employed in service sector. Niteroi has the second highest percentage of workers with a college degree and in recent years has been receiving a high rate of investment in housing sector. The proximity to the capital Rio de [...]

In 1555, the French Nicolas de Villegaignon allied to the natives of Tupinanmba tribe that ruled the Guanabara Bay and established a French colony in thearea. After a lot of battles, the Portugueses took over control , helped by the native called ”Arabiboia” (Martim Afonso).To maintain security of the Guanabara Bay, governor Estacio de Sa [...]

The coat of arms of Petropolis has a crown and a badge ”PII” in nonor of the founder of the city, D.Pedro II. It also has the drawing of a hill, which represents Estrela Hill, a German eagle in reference to the homeland of the first settlers, rails recalling the fact Petropolis have the first [...]

The Crystal Palace was inaugurated in 1884. Its structure, inspired on the Crystal Palace of London was commissioned by the husband of Princess Isabel (Count d’Eu) and built in the workshops of the corporation Saint-Souver Les Arras, France. This palace was built with the intention of using its space for exhibitions of flowers, fruits and [...]

The economy is based on tourism and services sector. In the textile industry,  the region of Teresa Street stands out, with 900 shops and movement of around 240 million reais a year. Its industrial and comercial park employs aproximately 35 thousand people. The fabrication of beer and chocolate in the city attracts clients from the [...]

In 1822, D.Pedro I was on his way to Minas Gerais and stayed at the farm of Priest Correia and got enchanted with the region. He bought a farm that was nearby of Priest Correia’s farm (Corrego Seco Farm) and renamed it as ”Imperial  Fazenda da Concordia”, where he intended to build a palace. Nowadays, [...]

The city has the name ”Cabo Frio” because of the peculiarly cold temperature of sea water in the region (on average 64,4 F). Founded in 1615, the municipality is the seventh oldest in Brazil. The population of Cabo Frio is 186 222 inhabitants (data from IBGE in 2010) and the distance to the capital Rio [...]

The Itajuru Fort is one of the most important fortresses of the city, because thanks to its drinking water has become possible to colonize Cabo Frio. The construction began at the time of the visit of Emperor D.Pedro II in 1847 and used nineteenth-century Portuguese tiles. In 1979, the place has undergone restoration and has [...]

The main economical activities of the city are: tourism, fishing, extraction of salt and oil. The cold temperature of the sea makes the quantity and variety of fish is higher than normal for Brazilian standards and, at the same time, leads to a  dry climate, which enables large production in salt flats. The GDP of [...]

The natives of Tupinamba tribe lived in the current territory of Cabo Frio and called it ”Gecay”, the name of their condiment made of crystallized salt. In 1503, the Portuguese naval expedition was shipwrecked, however, two ships under the command of Americo Vespucio drove on to the region of Cabo Frio. The crusaders built a [...]

Rio de Janeiro is one of 27 units of Brazil. Situated in the eastern portion of the Southeast, having as limits the states of Minas Gerais (north and northwest), Espírito Santo (northeast) and São Paulo (southwest), as well as the Atlantic Ocean (east and south). It occupies an area of 43,696.054 km ², is slightly [...]