the school is on martin luther king junior avenue near the vicente de carvalho subway station.

it was founded on february 7, 1988. it had its origins however, in 1989 when the bloco carnavalesco de vicente de carvalho or, the carnival block of vicente de carvalho decided to organize a school of samba.

a carnival block is a street band. it joined the associação das escolas de samba da cidade do rio de janeiro (association of samba schools of rio de janeiro city)