In the picture: Dr. Leandro Santanna (director of MUHCAB), Dr. Aline Montenegro (former director of the Museu Historico Nacional), Dr. Monica Lima (professor of History at the UFRJ), Hermann von Hesse, Molly Morgan, Lynne Lee
Pedra do Sal (Rock of Salt) was originally the site of a quilombo village, and today, an association called the Community Descendents of the Quilombos of Pedra do Sal lives there. Historically, it has also been the center of samba and choro music,…
Located on the western slope of the Morro da Conceição, this Hanging Garden of Valongo (Jardim Suspenso do Valongo), called so because it sits 7 meters above street level, was built in 1906 and designed as a romantic garden by the landscape architect…