Morro dos Prazeres - "Hill of Pleasures" - is a

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in the Southern Zone, the

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of the

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ian metropolis

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. It is part of the quarter Santa Teresa, which is roughly 2.5 km northeast, and although considered pacified, has recently been the site of murders by gunshot of two tourists who inadvertently wandered into the community.

Settlement of the Morro dos Prazeres began in 1940 and the census of 2010 suggested a population of 2136 people. The mountain, respectively hill, the favela is named after has an altitude of 275 metres. The name is a tribute to Mother Maria dos Prazeres, who held masses on the base of the hill, an area where once was a chapel. These days there is an apartment block. Morro dos Prazeres is part of the statistical unit Escondidinho / Prazeres. The favela has found wider attention as a location of the 2008 movie Elite Squad (''Tropa de Elite'') and as venue of

Rockgol ''Rockgol'' was a television show from MTV Brasil, a football championship disputed by musicians. The show ran from 1995 to 2008, and later from 2011 to 2013, until the end of MTV Brasil. The matches were most famously "narrated" by comedians P ...

, a football event starring musicians staged by MTV, in 2011.
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