Barra da Tijuca buildings. Barra da Tijuca is a residential neighborhood located in the Western Zone (Zona Oeste) of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its beach is 18 km long, and there are 3 great main lakes, and also minor lakes and channels. There are 3 main avenues in Barra: Avenida das Américas (which connects the neighbourhood with the city's Southern Zone and with the other Western Zone neighbourhoods), Avenida Ayrton Senna (former Avenida Alvorada, which connects Barra to Jacarepaguá neighbourhood) and Avenida Sernambetiba (which passes along the beach). In all directions, the view includes lakes and mountains, or even the sea. The connection works of Barra with the rest of the urban network, transposing the Maciço da Tijuca (Lagoa-Barra highway and Via Amarela) are among the most expensive works already carried out in Rio, confirming the city's road transport choice. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ...
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Location of Rio de Janeiro Coordinates: Country Brazil Region Southeast State Rio de Janeiro Government - Mayor Cesar Maia (PFL) Area - City 1,260 km² (486. ...
Jacarepaguá is a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...
Etymology
The name Barra da Tijuca is composed of two words, Barra and Tijuca, and the preposition da. Barra means port entrancy, sandbank, and Tijuca is a word originally from the Tupi ty-yúc and means putrid water, mud, swamp, puddle, clay or clay-pit. The preposition da means of, from. So, the name Barra da Tijuca can be roughly translated as 'Swamp Sandbank'. The Tupi language group consists of 6 languages in the Tupi-Guarani sublanguage family: Tupi Antigo, Nhengatu, Tupinkin, Potiguara, Omagua, and Cocoma. ...
History The neighbourhood area was originally a sandbank, composed of white sand dunes covered by shrubby vegetation. In its central sand stripe extends the Avenida das Américas, a section of BR-101 motorway, along which the neighbourhood started to grow. A sandbank is a patch of sand in water, which creates a shallow area which may pose a hazard to boats. ...
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In 1969 the neighbourhood's pilot plan project began, elaborated by Lúcio Costa. The project foresaw the construction of two avenues, Avenida das Américas and Avenida Ayrton Senna, beside a regulation to the Barra da Tijuca and adjacent neighbourhoods, with the limitation of the buildings' maximum height and the creation of conservation areas. In the middle of the 1970s, there were already some isolated enclosed condominiums in the middle of the predominant vegetation, with some small- and medium-sized business organizations. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
A conservation area is a tract of land that has been awarded protected status in order to ensure that natural features or biota are safeguarded. ...
During the 1980s Barra da Tijuca had a population explosion, with virtually all the ground plots along its avenues being occupied by large residential areas, parks, supermarkets, shopping malls, schools and hospitals. The avenues were duplicated and received traffic signs. At this time there was an emancipation movement of Barra da Tijuca and its bordering neighborhoods, but the plebiscite result was unfavourable.
Today, the region has established itself as the most important of the city's middle- and upper-class real estate attraction area, which adopted a lifestyle inspired by the American suburbs, based in blocks of flats and townhouses, cars and shopping centres. The resulting employment opportunities also attracted favelas. Due to the Rio de Janeiro city downtown real estate degradation and plastering, Barra also attracted an increasing number of companies, most of them of the petroleum sector. Leinster House Henrietta Street Historically in the United Kingdom, Ireland and in some other countries, a townhouse (or a house in town) was a residence of a peer or member of the aristocracy in the capital or major city. ...
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As of 2005, a new Rio de Janeiro concert room is being built in Barra da Tijuca, named 'Cidade da Música' (Music City), inspired by the Cité de la Musique located at La Villete park, in Paris. The invited architect, Christian de Portzamparc, is the author of the original Cité de la Musique project. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ...
Cité de la musique building in Paris Christian de Portzamparc (born May 5, 1944 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a French architect and urbanist. ...
Law There is one courthouse located in Barra da Tijuca, called Fórum da Barra. Inside the building there are both civil and criminal courts. In most counties in the United States the local trial courts conduct their business in a centrally located courthouse which may also house the offices of the county treasurer, clerk and recorder and assessor. ...
Several law universities have a campus in the neighborhood, including Universidade Estácio de Sá, Universidade Gama Filho and Universidade Veiga de Almeida. The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...
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Shopping & entertainment There are several shopping malls in the neighborhood, the most notable being the BarraShopping, the New York City Center and the Via Parque Shopping. There are also smaller-sized shopping malls, such as Barra Square and Barra Point. McArthur Glen Designer Outlet, Swindon, England, a shopping mall built within a disused railway engine works. ...
Most of the cinemas and restaurants of the neighborhood are located inside the shopping malls.
An amusement park, called Parque Terra Encantada, is located in the neighborhood. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
Barra da Tijuca hosts many supermarkets, including Wal-Mart, Extra, Bon Marché, Carrefour and Makro. Exterior of a typical British supermarket (a Tesco Extra) Exterior of typical North American supermarket (a Safeway) This Flagship Randalls store in Houston, Texas is an example of an upscale supermarket. ...
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Barra in sports The football (soccer) club Barra da Tijuca Futebol Clube derives its name from the suburb, but its headquarters are located in neighbouring Recreio dos Bandeirantes. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
Recreio dos Bandeirantes (or simply Recreio, as the Cariocas call it) is both the name of the beach and neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and is located to the west of the adjacent Barra da Tijuca neighborhood. ...
The globally important football club Vasco da Gama's training ground, called Vasco Barra, is located in Barra. Vasco da Gama (after the famous Portuguese explorer of the same name) is a Brazilian sports club from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, founded on August 21, 1898 (although the football department started on November 5, 1915). ...
The Golden Green Golf Club provides three-par six-hole court greens open to outside players with illumination for night play.
Surf competitions, such as Rio Marathon Surf Internacional, Festival Petrobras de Surfe, Campeonato Velox Surf Amador and Circuito Petrobras are held in Barra. There are several surfing schools in the neighbourhood are evidence of the popularity of this sport with the locals.
The Aero Clube do Brasil provides parachuting experiences. The Rio Sport Center offers tennis courts to the public. Barrashopping is home to a bowling alley.
There are several places where beach and court volleyball are practised. The Escolinha do Bernard is located in Barra.
The beach The 18 km long beach is the largest Rio de Janeiro beach. Barra da Tijuca beach starts at Morro do Joá and ends at the Recreio dos Bandeirantes neighbourhood, in Pontal de Sernambetiba, beyond Avenida Sernambetiba. Most of its waters are clear and green, and have an uncommon wave formation. The pollution levels are growing quickly, most of it originating at Canal da Joatinga, and it is estimated that in 2007 [1] it will reach Avenida Ayrton Senna. Barra da Tijuca beach is one of the most sought after beaches by surfers, windsurfers, bodyboarders and fishing enthusiasts. There is also a cycle lane along the beach. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Recreio dos Bandeirantes (or simply Recreio, as the Cariocas call it) is both the name of the beach and neighborhood in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and is located to the west of the adjacent Barra da Tijuca neighborhood. ...
2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ...
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Reference - Much of the content of this article comes from the equivalent Portuguese-language wikipedia article (retrieved August 19, 2005).
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External links - Barra da Tijuca: Tudo sobre a barra da Tijuca; Guia Completo www.barradatijuca.com.br
- Barra da Tijuca: O Concebido e o Realizado
- Barra Da Tijuca Beach Guide
- Barra Online
- A Barra da Tijuca que conheci at Pitoresco
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