Urca

Urca is a residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of nearly 7,000. Although most of the neighborhood dates from the 1920s, parts of it are much older. What is now called the Forte São João, a military base at the foot of the Sugarloaf Mountain, is where the first Portuguese settlement in Rio was founded by Estácio de Sá on March 1, 1565. The French had arrived 12 years earlier and founded a settlement, called France Antarctique, close to what is now Flamengo and Gloria districts, in downtown Rio. The French, riven by internal disputes between Catholics and Protest

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Settlement.name: Urca
Settlement.settlement_type: Neighborhood
Settlement.image_skyline: Urca by Diego Baravelli.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Brazil Rio de Janeiro#Brazil
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Rio de Janeiro (RJ)
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Municipality/City
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Rio de Janeiro
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Zone
Settlement.subdivision_name3: South Zone

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Rio de Janeiro – Bairro da Urca | ipatrimônio

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: historic site
Country: Brazil
Located in: Rio de Janeiro
Image: Rio de Janeiro-Vista da Urca.jpg

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Commons category: Urca
street address: Av. João Luiz Alves, n° 13
described at URL: www.ipatrimonio.org/rio-de-janeiro-bairro-da-urca

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Urca is een buurt in de Braziliaanse stad Rio de Janeiro. Een van de belangrijkste toeristische bezienswaardigheden van de stad, de Suikerbroodberg of Morro do Pão de Açúcar, bevindt zich in Urca. De Suikerbroodberg kan bezocht worden met twee kabelliften: een eerste kabel naar Morro da Urca en een tweede kabel naar Morro do Pão de Açucar. De eerste berg kan ook gemakkelijk te voet beklommen worden, bij Praia Vermelha via het wandelpad Claudio Coutinho.

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