1. RIO DE JANEIRO
BRAZIL

2. INDEX:
Location
Monuments
Revels
Gastronomy
Traditions

3.  Río de Janeiro is a city which is located in
Brazil(South America).

4. MONUMENTS
CRISTO REDENTOR
 It is located on the hill of
Corcobado , where you could
enjoy beautiful views of the
city.
 Corcovado is a hill, morro in
Portuguese, it has seven
hundred and ten meters of
height and a leafy herbage,
which is part of the National
Park of Tijuca.It is a very
upright mountain which is
located in a place where the
whole city is dominated.

5. ARCOS OF LAPA:
 It is an ancient aqueduct,
which nowadays is used
as viaduct for the streetcar
which arrives to the morro
of Saint Teresa. The
arches are located in the
centre of Rio, in the
neighborhood of Lapa,and
they are a emblematic
monument of the city.

6. IMPERIAL PALACE:
The Imperial Palace is one of the most important monuments of Rio,and is
located in the square XV. The first floor of the building is used today like Paulo
Santos´s library,which collect books and publications mainly of the Portuguese
and Brazilian arquitecture .the rest of the building is used to make
presentations,plays,film screening, concerts and also like rooms dedicated to
different scopes of culture, coffe, shop..etc.

7. CHURCH NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA
CANDELARIA:
the story tells that it was built
in pursuance of a promese
made by Antonio Martins
Palma, commander of a ship
which was keeped alive of a
big storm.

8. REVELS:
 Rio is very well known because of its revel of
Carnaval:
 The Carnaval of Río is celebrated during four days
when the schools of Samba get together to
compete, and where the city of Río de Janeiro get
visitors all over the wordl, and it get dressed of one
single colour, the joy.the city by itself participate of
the celebration,it is like say that during the time of
Carnaval the revels involve people from all the
social levels.

11. GASTRONOMY
The tipical dish of Rio de Janeiro is the feijoada
In Brazil,the traditional days to
eat
feijoada are wednesday and sat
urday. On those days, the
restaurants offer them on
their menú, and some familys
and group of friends
prepare feijoadas in different
informal meetings.it is a cheap
dish and is consumed by all the
social levels.most people think
that this dish
with caipiriña, samba and
the carnaval of Brazil are the
most famous elements of Brazil
known all over the world.

12. INGREDIENTS
-BLACK
JEWISH
-FRESH
SAUSAGE
-PORK RIB
-PORK PIE
-PIG EAR
-SMOKED
BACON
-MORCILLA
-LOMO
-PEPPERS
-SAUSAGE

13. TRADITIONS AND COSTUMBRES:
 MUSICAL INSTRUMENT:
 In tipical Brazilian
music there are also
string instruments used
like the Cavaquinho,
which is very similar to
the mandolina; the Viola,
is also similar to the
guitar but it is smaller;and
, the Rabeca, similar to
the violín.

14.  THE SAMBA:
 The samba is a pure
Brazilian dance and it is
like a fussion os Spanish
bolero with the African
rythm, it is famous since
1930. Every year, in
the Carnaval all the
schools of samba go out to
the march-past with the
best costumes and its most
beautiful women. This is a
revel that you can´t lose if
you visit Brazil on
February. The most
important citys to enjoy a
carnaval are Río de
Janeiro, Sao Paulo and
Salvador de Bahía.

15.  To end this work we have to mention the fantastic
beachs of Rio.

16. one of the best seven beachs of Rio is
Copacabana.
It has a total length of 4 Km (if we include the beach
of Leme). Here we can find people who are playing
football or volleyball during all day.
The Atlantic Avenue is the name of the street which
go over Copacabana from the beggining to the end.
In that street we can find important hotels, elegant
restaurants and all type of markets where some
crafts are sold.