09 - Guided Walk Through the Historic Center of Rio de Janeiro

The Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most important Brazilian theaters. It is located in Cinelândia, in the city center of Rio de Janeiro.

Opened in 1909, the Municipal Theater is one of the main venues in Brazil and Latin America. In the last renovation, gems were found as a large original panel by the Italian Eliseu Visconti were rescued. Important areas of the Theater have been restored, with an emphasis on the imposing 350kg eagle that adorns the top of the building, which received 8 thousand gold leaves 23 carats of gilding.

The National Museum of Fine Arts is an art museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It concentrates the largest collection of works of art of the 19th century, being one of the most important museums of its kind in the country.

Convento de Santo Antônio is a Catholic monastery belonging to the Franciscan Province of the Immaculate Conception of Brazil located on the top of Morro de Santo Antônio and facing Largo da Carioca, in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The convent forms, together with the neighboring Church of the Third Order of São Francisco da Penitência, one of the oldest and most important colonial groups remaining in the city.

National Library, also called National Library of Brazil, whose official institutional name is Fundação Biblioteca Nacional, is the depository of the bibliographic and documentary heritage of Brazil, considered by UNESCO one of the ten largest national libraries in the world and the largest in Latin America.

Confeitaria Colombo is a traditional confectionery located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, being one of the main tourist points of the Central Region of the city

The old Rua Direita was the oldest street in Rio de Janeiro and was the most important in the city in the 19th century. Originally, it connected Largo da Misericórdia to Morro de São Bento.

In 1875, it was renamed March 1 in honor of the allied victory at the Battle of Aquidabã, which ended the Paraguayan War. Coincidentally, this is also the date of the founding of the city of Rio de Janeiro.

The Church of Nossa Senhora da Candelária is a Catholic temple located in the city center of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. It is one of the main religious monuments in the city, a traditional stage for weddings in Rio society.