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The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Portuguese: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ) is the largest federal university of Brazil, where state-owned colleges are the best and most qualified institutions. It is seated in the city of Rio de Janeiro, with two campi (Fundão island and Praia Vermelha) and three more independent buildings in downtown Rio. Ipanema beach Cristo Redentor A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro (meaning River of January in Portuguese) is the name of both a state and a city in southeastern Brazil. ... Campus is Latin for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ...
It was founded in 1932, originally as "University of Brazil" (Universidade do Brasil), by gathering a number of previously autonomous institutions of high education in the city. By then, Rio was capital of Brazil and it was part of the government strategy to have qualified professionals in the country's new economy. Some of the faculties and schools which form UFRJ date back to colonial times, such as the Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts) and the Faculdade de Medicina (Medical College). 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...
Units
Centro de Tecnologia (Technology Center)
Escola de Comunicação (School of Communications)
Escola de Belas Artes (School of Fine Arts)
Faculdade de Medicina (Medical College)
Faculdade Nacional de Direito (National Law College)
Rio was the capital and dominant city of Brazil from 1763 to 1960.
Rio's role as national capital for almost 200 years meant that much foreign trade had to pass through the main customs office here, and the city acted as a distribution centre for goods moving in and out of the country.
From 1808 to 1821 Rio was the seat of the exiled royal family of Portugal, and in 1822 it became the capital of the independent Brazilian Empire.
RiodeJaneiro's waterfront and the Morro de Castello, from the Ilha das Cobras in 1919, by Harriet Chalmers Adams.
Rio was eternalized in the song "Garota de Ipanema" (The Girl from Ipanema) composed by Antonio Carlos Jobim and recognized worldwide and recorded by Astrud Gilberto, Frank Sinatra, and Ella Fitzgerald.
RiodeJaneiro was also mentioned in the both version of The Producers as being the place the Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom would escape to after their sure-fire-flop musical.
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