Rio de Janeiro (state)
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Rio de Janeiro, officially the State of Rio de Janeiro, is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo.
Rio de Janeiro, the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro
Tiradentes Palace, seat of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro
Guanabara Palace, seat of the state government
Serra dos Órgãos National Park
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214
Rio de Janeiro (state)
…Portuguese pronunciation: ), officially the State of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Estado do Rio de Janeiro), is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil. It has the second largest economy of Brazil, with the largest being that of the state of São Paulo. The state, which has 8.2% of the Brazilian population…
Rock art at Serra da Capivara National Park, one of the largest and oldest concentrations of prehistoric sites in the Americas
Pedro Álvares Cabral landing in Porto Seguro in 1500
Ouro Preto was the center of the Brazilian Gold Rush and was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO due to its Baroque colonial architecture
Execution of the Punishment of the Whip by Jean-Baptiste Debret. Nearly 5 million enslaved Africans were imported to Brazil during the Atlantic slave trade, more than any other country.