Municipal Park "da Catacumba" (of the Catacomb) - Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
Following a series of accidents in the favela "da Catacumba", which was located until the 1970s in the district "da Lagoa" (Lagoon), in the southern zone of Rio de Janeiro, a project of " defavelisation ”, urbanization and reforestation of certain favelas in the city was launched by the prefecture. Where the Favela da Catacumba once stood, today we find the Municipal Park of the Catacomb, one of the best parks in Rio de Janeiro, made up of stairs that lead visitors to themed squares with modernists sculptures
Located in Itatiaia National Park, a pioneer region when it comes to outdoor sports in Brazil. The first permanent conservation unit in the country, created in 1937, Itatiaia brings together some of the highest points of the Serra da Mantiqueira, right on the border between Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. It concentrates three of the ten highest mountains in Brazil and, because of that, it is a kind of playground for climbers and lovers of hiking.
The scenario is unusual, it looks like almost nothing we have in Brazil. Fields of tall, dry bush, interspersed with rocks of varying sizes
The name of the massif is attributed to the white colored limestone formation, which is present on the site, hence the name 'Pedra Branca'. The Park covers a large set of hills and rocky shores that form the various mountain ranges of the massif, which provide unique and majestic landscapes in each region surrounding the park itself.
Its geographical location, together with its geomorphological characteristics, provide visitors with several privileged vantage points in the city, it also houses numerous springs, rivers and streams that run through the land, forming unique landscapes with wells and waterfalls.
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