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A museum opened in 2013 as part of the regeneration of the old port area. Made up of a new building with good views from the roof, next to a converted building that had been part of Rio’s former bus station. Rotating exhibitions changing annually.
Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR) is an art museum in Rio de Janeiro which was inaugurated on 1 March 2013. It is maintained by a partnership between municipal public institutions and private initiatives.
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Igreja São Francisco do Prainha
Museu do Amanhã
Forward-looking science museum in a compact but stunning Santiago Calatrava-designed building.
Mosteiro de São Bento
Colonial architecture. Founded in 1590.
The place where, during the first decades of the 19th century, ships carrying a total of almost a million African slaves landed. When slave trade was banned, freed slaves lived there for some time, eventually the whole area was entirely rebuilt and its dark history was forgotten until 2011, when African amulets and other items of worship were found during construction works. Nowadays the former wharf is an archaeological site and since 2017 a world heritage site.
Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Candelária
Neoclassic cathedral.
French cultural centre built in 1820, with gallery and video hall.