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Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo by George Kish.

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Statue of Pedro al Vares Cabral.  He discovered Brazil.

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The sugar loaf if probably Rio's most famous mark.  Seen here from the town, it stands guard over the principal entrance to Rio Bay from the Atlantic Ocean.

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The building seen in this photograph are part of the Botafogo District of the capital.  The white and yellow buildings in the left foreground are part of the National University of Brazil.

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In this part of the panorama of Rio, taken from the top of Sugar Leaf Mountain, Corcovado stands in the center Bogafogo District on the left yacht harbor and District of Flamengo on the right.

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The Flamengo District with its great skyscrapers lining the blvd. along the water's edge.  This is one of the best residential districts of Rio.

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The heart of Rio de Janeiro, with District of Flamengo in the left corner of the photo. On the right is shown the airport of Santos Dumont.

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There is very little left in Rio of the old Portuguese City.  This church of Our Lady of Gloria stands on a small hill very near the water.

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This old gateway is another example of Portuguese architecture that can still be found in a few parts of the city district from the main avenue of traffic.

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This view, taken on the waterfront near the heart of the downtown district shows on e of the most significant features of Rio-its modern architecture.

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The buildings seen here along the waterfront are high class apartment houses.

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The Fame D Mosaic pavements of Rio are illustrated in this picture of the beginnings of Avenida Rio Branco.

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Praia Flamengo is one of Rio's most important avenues, connecting the downtown district with Eastern suburbs such as Copacabana.

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It takes only a relatively short time to leave the congested areas of Rio and come to such a peaceful and quiet beach as this where the waters are reflected in the distant islands that mark the entrance to Rio Bay from the Atlantic Ocean, very near Sugar Loaf.

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Copacabana, along the curved shores of Copacabana Bay, the waters in the distance are those of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Avenida Atlantica is the main thoroughfare of the District of Copacabana.  Apartments or hotel rooms along this avenue are among the most popular in the whole city.

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The suburbs of Ipanema and Leblon are among the most recent in Rio's history.

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Out in the suburbs of Lebanon, this very modern house with its straight lines was built on a tiny peninsula exposed to the sea.

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The suburb of Gava is the most recent as well as the most remote of the little residential sections of Rio.

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Very much contrast with the modern skyscrapers and apartment buildings of downtown Rio are the poor residential sections, the slums called "Favela" in the city.