Cosme Velho is a traditional neighborhood located in the Southern Zone of Rio de Janeiro, near Laranjeiras neighborhood. Its main street is Rua Cosme Velho (Cosme Velho Street, in English) which is a prolongation of Rua das Laranjeiras (Laranjeiras Street, in English). It is a small neighborhood, but it has great touristic potential. The Estação de Ferro do Corcovado (Corcovado Train Station, in English), is located in the neighborhood, and is where depart Corcovado's trains, which carry tourists to Corcovado's peak, where is located the Christ the Redeemer's statue, which is one of the greatest symbols of the city. Jump to: navigation, search Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor Rio de Janeiros waterfront and the Morro de Castello from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919 by Harriet Chalmers Adams A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of... Laranjeiras is a primarily residential neighborhood located in the Southern Zone of Rio de Janeiro. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Corcovado mountain Corcovado, meaning hunchback in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ... Cristo Redentor Christ the Redeemer Corcovados Statue of the Christ Christ the Redeemer (Cristo Redentor in Portuguese) is a 30-meter monument statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located on Corcovado mountain. ...

Other touristic point of the neighborhood is the Largo do Boticário, which consists of seven neocolonial style houses of the 1920s. The houses were built using materials from the city's Centro buildings, which had been demolished. In the Largo's entrance there are two houses from the first half of the XIX century. Jump to: navigation, search Sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or primarily in North America as the Roaring Twenties . In Europe it is sometimes refered to as the Golden Twenties. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Cosme Velho's most famous inhabitant was the writer Machado de Assis. Unfortunately the house were he lived was demolished, being built in its place a residential building. Jump to: navigation, search Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (June 21, 1839 - September 29, 1908) was a Brazilian realist novelist, poet and short-story writer born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ...