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Photo: Marcus Guimarães from Nova Friburgo, Brazil, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
A cultural centre with gallery, movie theatre, video room, library and stages; usually hosts the main exhibitions in town. An interesting building completed in 1906 with old-fashioned elevators/lifts.
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil is a cultural organization of the Bank of Brazil based in Brazil with centers in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
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French cultural centre built in 1820, with gallery and video hall.
Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Candelária
Neoclassic cathedral.
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Lapa dos Mercadores
Convento Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Antiga Sé e Igreja da Ordem Terceira do Carmo
These churches were built in the 18th century as part of a Carmelite Convent. After the future Portuguese King John VI of Portugal arrived in Rio in 1808 the churches became the city’s former main cathedral and the royal chapel. It was the site of coronations, and royal weddings and funerals. it features baroque and rococo architecture, with an ornate gilded interior and intricate wood carvings, mainly by one of Rio's best Rococo wood carvers of the period, Inácio Ferreira Pinto.
Bolsa de Rio de Janeiro
Old Imperial Palace built in 1743 (though impressively modest). Colonial architecture.