Botafogo
Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. It is mostly a middle-class and small commerce community, located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Santa Marta and Morro de So Joo . It is named after Joo Pereira de Sousa Botafogo, who was its landowner in colonial times. Its name literally means "set it on fire" and is related to the Italian surname
Buttafuoco.
Botafogo's beach is within
Guanabara Bay, sheltered from the
Atlantic Ocean by the Urca peninsula and
Sugarloaf Mountain. Attractions include the Home of Rui Barbosa, the Museu do ndio - which explores the culture and history of the major indigenous peoples of Brazil - and the Villa Lobos Museum.
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Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. It is mostly a middle-class and small commerce community, located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Santa Marta and Morro de São João . It is named after
João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo, who was its landowner in colonial times. Its name literally means "set it on fire" and is related to the Italian surname
Buttafuoco.
Botafogo's beach is within
Guanabara Bay, sheltered from the
Atlantic Ocean by the Urca peninsula and
Sugarloaf Mountain. Attractions include the Home of Rui Barbosa, the Museu do Índio - which explores the culture and history of the major indigenous peoples of Brazil - and the Villa Lobos Museum. Botafogo is also the birthplace of opera star
Bidu Sayão.
The
metro station is on linha 1.
Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas is also a name of a multimodality sportive association, one of Brazil's biggest soccer teams in
Rio de Janeiro.
