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Photo: Alicia Nijdam from Cordoba, Argentina, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
1.2 million m² with broad walkways, Flamengo Beach, various monuments, and over 10,000 trees. To its north is the Museum of Modern Art (see Centro).
Flamengo Park, also known as Aterro do Flamengo, Eduardo Gomes Park, and Aterro do Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes, is the largest public park and recreation area within the city of Rio de Janeiro, in eastern Brazil, and the largest urban seaside park in the world.
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Praia do Flamengo
formerly Centro Cultural Telemar
This former telephone museum hosts a fine gallery with temporary exhibitions of digital art or art with interactive medias; it is sponsored by the local phone company.
Museu de Folklore Edison Carrero
Part of the National Centre for Folklore and Popular Culture (CNFCP). The museum was created in 1968 and today has around 13,000 objects by various authors, techniques and origins, kept in technical archives, available for consultation by institution-related post-graduate specialists, by appointment.
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Glória
Espaço Cultural do Monumento Estácio de Sá
Erected in 1973. Homage to Estácio de Sá, the founder of Rio de Janeiro
Museu da República
The former presidential palace (1893-1960) hosts a museum of recent history and nice gardens, with an adjacent art gallery and small theatre that occasionally shows free movies. One of main features is the room where president Getúlio Vargas shot himself in 1954.