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Pavuna Station
Pavuna Station () is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that services the neighbourhood of Pavuna Pavuna is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-larges ... in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. References {{Metrô Rio navbox Line 2 (Rio de Janeiro) Metrô Rio stations Railway stations in Brazil opened in 1998 ...
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Line 2 (Rio De Janeiro)
Line 2 (Green) of the Rio de Janeiro Metro The Rio de Janeiro Metro (, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted o ... serves working-class residential neighborhoods, extending from the city centre towards the North side of the city. It is a diagonal line, and almost completely above ground (mostly elevated). This line started as a light rail line, but for increasing commuters, it gradually changed to metro standards. It is elevated except for Estácio and Cidade Nova stations, which are underground and at-grade, respectively. External linksMap of Line 2 References Rio de Janeiro Metro lines Rio de Janeiro - Line 2 {{SouthAm-metro-stub ...
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Rio De Janeiro Metro
The Rio de Janeiro Metro (, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations operating on a single line. The system currently covers a total of , serving 41 stations, divided into three lines: Line 1 (); Line 2 (), which together travel over a shared stretch of line that covers 10 stations of an approximate distance of ; and Line 4 (). Metrô Rio has the second highest passenger volume of the metro systems in Brazil, after the São Paulo Metro. Line 1 (Rio de Janeiro), Line 1 (orange line) serves Centro, Rio de Janeiro, downtown Rio, tourist areas in the South Zone (Rio de Janeiro), South Zone, and several neighbourhoods in the Rio de Janeiro#North Zone, North Zone. It is a semicircular line, and is fully underground. It runs from Uruguai Station to Ipanema/General Osório Station. Line 2 (Rio de Ja ...
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Pavuna
Pavuna is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population .... It is one of the oldest places in Rio de Janeiro. History The place was originally inhabited by native Brazilians from several Tupi tribes, one of those tribes was named Upabuna, this name being the origin of the name of the Pavuna River. During the 16th century, the Portuguese government brought enslaved Africans to the place to work in the sugarcane cultivation. In the seventeenth century, the sugarcane cultivation entered a period of decadence, only recovering a century later, and then being replaced by the coffee production. On July 23, 1981, Pavuna officially became a Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood. Etymology ''Pavuna'' means "dark place" in the language ...
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Rio De Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the Americas, sixth-most-populous city in the Americas. Founded in 1565 by the Portuguese people, Portuguese, the city was initially the seat of the Captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, a domain of the Portuguese Empire. In 1763, it became the capital of the State of Brazil, a List of states of the Portuguese Empire, state of the Portuguese Empire. In 1808, when the Transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil, Portuguese Royal Court moved to Brazil, Rio de Janeiro became the seat of the court of Queen Maria I of Portugal. She subsequently, under the leadership of her son the prince regent John VI of Portugal, raised Brazil to the dignity of a kingdom, within the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves, United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and Algar ...
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