The Cidade de Deus is a Southwest Zone neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is also known as CDD among its inhabitants.
The favela of Cidade de Deus
U.S. president Barack Obama visiting Rio's Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela. This favela started out as public housing built on marshy flatlands in the city's Western suburbs
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Favela is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was first used in the Slum of Providência in the center of Rio de Janeiro in
Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro
…The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums (favelas) from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs. It was used as backdrop in the 2002 film City of God. In 2009, it was…
Rocinha is the largest hill favela in Rio de Janeiro (as well as in Brazil) and the second largest slum and shanty town in Latin America. Although favelas are found in urban areas throughout Brazil, many of the more famous ones exist in Rio.
Rio's Santa Teresa neighborhood features favelas (right) contrasted with more affluent houses (left). The statue Christ the Redeemer, shrouded in clouds, is in the left background.
The lights of Vidigal favela in Rio de Janeiro as seen from Ipanema and Leblon beaches. The cone spire to the far right is part of the Morro Dois Irmãos.
Brazilian troops during an operation in Rocinha