Avenida Rio Branco (Rio de Janeiro)
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The Avenida Rio Branco (until 1912 Avenida Central ) is one of the most important arteries of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil . The almost 30 m wide and 1,800 m long north-south axis runs right through the heart of the city and connects the districts of Glória in the south with Saúde in the north.
The Avenida Rio Branco (in German: Weißer Fluss-Allee ) was inaugurated as Avenida Central in 1905 and is considered the symbol of the major architectural reforms of the time. The former mayor Francisco Pereira Passos initiated a large-scale urban renovation program for which around 700 buildings were demolished in 1903.
On February 21, 1912, the name of the street changed to Avenida Rio Branco after the diplomat José Paranho, Baron of Rio Branco , succeeded in peacefully resolving Brazil's border disputes with its South American neighbors. From the 1940s and with the further development of reinforced concrete construction , the avenue increasingly began to de-characterize architecturally from the original street scene, with the result that today only a handful of the original buildings are preserved.
Today, Avenida Rio Branco is one of the city's significant arteries, home to some of the most important state and municipal authorities and, above all, many banks. The Avenida Rio Branco is frequented by more than 500,000 people a day. Most of them are commuters from the surrounding agglomerations of Niterói and Baixada Fluminense .
Much of the Rio Carnival takes place here.
Web links
- Website about the Avenida Rio Branco, history and many pictures (Brazilian Portuguese)
- Location of Avenida Rio Branco in OpenStreetMap
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anika Reineke - Centro, Rio de Janeiro . elib.uni-stuttgart.de. Accessed May 5, 2015
Coordinates: 22 ° 54 ′ 15.4 ″ S , 43 ° 10 ′ 40.9 ″ W.