Laranjeiras (, ''orange trees'') is an upper-middle-class neighborhood located in the
South Zone of
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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. Primarily residential, It is one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, having been founded in the 17th century, with the construction of country houses in the valley located around the
Carioca River
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, which bordered
Corcovado
Corcovado () which means " hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within t ...
Mountain. Because of this, the neighborhood was previously called ''Vale do Carioca'', or Carioca Valley.
While primarily residential, several important governmental, cultural, and sports institutions and schools make this a bustling neighborhood. Well known landmarks in Laranjeiras include the
Guanabara Palace
The Guanabara Palace (, formerly known as ''Paço Isabel'') is located on Pinheiro Machado Street (formerly Guanabara Street), in the Laranjeiras neighborhood (''bairro''), in the South Zone (Rio de Janeiro), south zone of Rio de Janeiro, capital ...
(seat of the state government of Rio de Janeiro), the
Palácio Laranjeiras
The Laranjeiras Palace (; literally "Palace of the Orange Trees") is the official residence of the Governor of the State of the Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The palace is located within Eduardo Guinle Park, a park in the Laranjeiras neighborhood of t ...
(official residence of the state's governor), and the ''Parque Guinle'' (
Eduardo Guinle Park), as well as the headquarters and
Laranjeiras Stadium of
Fluminense Football Club
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, and Rio's branch of the Hebraica Social and Sports Club, and several others.
Laranjeiras is adjacent to the
Cosme Velho,
Catete,
Flamengo
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and
Botafogo
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Neighborhoods.
Infrastructure
Laranjeiras' main streets (ruas) are:
*Rua das Laranjeiras
*Rua Conde de Baependi
*Rua Pinheiro Machado
*Rua General Glicério
*Rua Pereira da Silva
*Rua Alice
*Rua São Salvador
*Rua Gago Coutinho
*Rua Mário Portela
*Rua Sebastião Lacerda
*Rua Cardoso Júnior
*Rua Pires de Almeida.
*Rua Ipiranga
*Rua Soares Cabral
*Rua Almirante Benjamin Sodré
*Rua Álvaro Chaves
*Rua Moura Brasil
People
Well-known people that live, or have lived in Laranjeiras include:
*
Cartola
Angenor de Oliveira, known as Cartola ( Portuguese for top hat), (; October 11, 1908 – November 30, 1980) was a Brazilian singer, composer and poet considered to be a major figure in the development of samba.
Cartola composed, alone or with ...
(Angenor de Oliveira), singer, composer and poet.
*
Cássia Eller
Cássia Rejane Eller ( Portuguese: /ˈkasjɐ ʁeˈʒɐni ˈɛleʁ/) (December 10, 1962 – December 29, 2001) was a Brazilian singer, composer, and multi-instrumentalist, regarded as one of the greatest representatives of Brazilian rock in ...
, singer.
*
Machado de Assis
Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian people, Brazilian novelist, poet, playwr ...
, writer.
*
Mel Lisboa
Mel Lisboa Alves (born 17 January 1982) is a Brazilian actress.
Biography
Lisboa was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. She is the daughter of the astrologer Cláudia Lisboa Alves and the musician Bebeto Alves. She studied cinema at th ...
, actress.
*Paulo Gracindo, actor.
*
Heráclito Fontoura Sobral Pinto, human rights lawyer.
*
Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was b ...
, architect.
*
Adriana Lisboa, author
* Carola Saavedra, author
Events
General Glicério Fair:
The fair takes place every Saturday morning at General Glicério street. It is a traditional event for the residents of the neighborhood, where you can find fresh fruits and fishes, as well as the favorite Brazilian fair food, sugarcane juice and "pastel" (fried pie). Families and friends can also enjoy great
Choro
''Choro'' (, "cry" or "lament"), also popularly called ''chorinho'' ("little cry" or "little lament"), is an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro. Despite its name, the music often has a fa ...
music or "Chorinho", an instrumental Brazilian popular music genre which originated in 19th century Rio de Janeiro.
Education
The ''