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Photo: Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
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.
The Catete Palace is an urban mansion in the Flamengo neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The property stretches from Rua do Catete to Praia do Flamengo. Construction began in 1858 and ended in 1867. It was Brazil's presidential palace from 1897 to 1960, and the site of Getúlio Vargas' suicide. It now houses the Museu da República and a theatre. The Catete underground rail station is adjacent.
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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.
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.
Igreja Matriz de Nossa Senhora da Glória
Praia do Flamengo
Palacio das Laranjeiras, literally Palace of the Orange Trees
This is the official residence of the Governor of the State of the Rio de Janeiro