the
morro do pasmado city park,
officially called parque
yitzhak rabin,
in botafogois unique in several respects,
and virtually unknown to visitors and tourists. the park is situated at the top of
morro do pasmado or, the hill of the stunned.
the
official name of the park honors the memory of the fifth
prime minister of israel - yitzhak
rabin, who was assassinated in israel
in 1995. a granite statue inside the park commemorates the life
and work of the prominentnobel peace price winner -rabin's late widow,
leah rabin, was in
attendance for the inaugaration of the park in 2002.