Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro (popularly named "Rio") , it is located in the SouthWest of Brazil, "Rio" is the second most populated city from Brazil, it is the city where there are the biggest tourism of the country. In 2010 the poblation of Rio de Janeiro was 6.320.446 people.

The Christ Redeemer is considered the New Seven Wonders of the Modern World. It is a image with 38 meter higher of Jesus of Nazareth with open arms showing the city of Rio de Janeiro, it was inagurated in 1931 after five years of construction. The estatue is located 709 meters over the sea in the Tijuca National Park the viewpoint of Corcovado Mountain where you can see all Rio de Janeiro, the Christ Redeemer for believers is a place of pilgrimage and one of the great attractions for the tourism of Brazil.

Rio de Janeiro is very known because it has a big carnival, the "Sambódromo da Marquês de Sapucaí" is one of the largest spaces for large outdoor events in Rio de Janeiro mainly used for the carnival in Rio, this place has 550 meters long where parade about two hours.

Maracana stadium is the biggest stadium in Brazil and was the biggest stadium in the world with 140,000 seats, it has the record of spectators with 194,603, now has been reconstructed for the final to the world cup in 2014 and it has around 78,000 seats. In this stadium passed the best football players in the world as Pelé, Maradona and more football players.

The favelas are a Slum from Rio de Janeiro, a neighborhood where there are much poverty, a lot of favelas are located in the tourism place.