AquaRio
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The Marine Aquarium of Rio de Janeiro (), or AquaRio, is a public aquarium located in the Gamboa neighborhood, in the port zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a constructed area of about , it is located to the west of Muhammad Ali Square. It is considered the largest marine aquarium in South America.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- public aquarium
- Country
- Brazil
- Located in
- Rio de Janeiro
- Official website
- www.aquariomarinhodorio.com.br
- Image
- Crivella no AquaRio.jpg
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- Commons category
- AquaRio
- inception
- 2016-10-31
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Main features
- Solar roof
- See also
- References
- External links
The Marine Aquarium of Rio de Janeiro (), or AquaRio, is a public aquarium located in the Gamboa neighborhood, in the port zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With a constructed area of about , it is located to the west of Muhammad Ali Square. It is considered the largest marine aquarium in South America.
It was inaugurated on October 31, 2016, in a ceremony that was attended by the former minister of Tourism, Marx Beltrão. The public aquarium was made at Porto Maravilha, an urban operation that aims to revitalize the Port Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AquaRio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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