Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro, known simply as Rio de Janeiro, is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro is located in the southeast of the country. It was the capital of the Empire of Brazil since 1822, when the nation declared its independence from Portugal and persisted that range up to the inauguration of Brasilia, in 1960.
Rio de Janeiro Cidade Maravilhosa
Copacabana and Ipanema, the Maracana stadium, the Tijuca National Park (the largest urban forest in the world), Quinta da Boa Vista, the island of Boxspring, the festivities of End of the Year in Copacabana and the celebration of Carnival.
