Copacabana

Copacabana is from July 6, 1892, a district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located south of the city. The area includes the beach of the same name, 4.5 km long, one of the most famous beaches in the world.

Copacabana is one of the most famous of the city. He was first called Sacopenapã. But in 1754 a Benedictine monk, Antonio Desterro Malheiro, he is sinking off Brazil made ​​a promise that if he comes out alive, he will give the name of the village where it will fail . The mid-nineteenth century, the area was renamed after the construction of a chapel housing a replica of the Virgin of Copacabana, a small village located on Lake Titicaca in Bolivia.

The area is lively and full of good restaurants, cinemas, banks. Many football fans come to pass the time. From the 1960s, the famous Copacabana grows and attracts more people than the area can hold. It forms a microcosm uniting families of different social classes in a reduced between mountain and sea space.

July 6, 2012, a large fire broke out on the anniversary of 120 years on one of principales1 avenues.

 

 

                    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copacabana has one of the most beautiful and famous beaches in the world, half-moon extending over 4.5 km, Leme until Arpoador, along the Atlantica Avenue. it is known in the Portuguese Princesinha do Mar, or the "little princess of the sea." Copacabana is one of the tourism icons of Rio de Janeiro, as the Corcovado or Sugarloaf Mountain.

In the middle of Copacabana Beach is the oldest luxury hotel in South America, the Copacabana Palace, built according to the plans of a French architect. The Eve of New Year's Eve, a huge firework is fired to about two million people gathered and dressed in white. As is tradition, at midnight, flowers were thrown into the sea. In 2006, the Rolling Stones gave a concert there before 1.7 million people.

In 2013, on the occasion of World Youth bringing young Christians from all over the world days, the beach attracted more than 3 million people for an evening and a large mass in the presence of Pope Francis.

The beach is the location of several international sporting events, such as World Championships beach soccer or volleyball. It will host events of beach volleyball, swimming, open water and triathlon The 2016 Rio Olympic Games.