at a glance
The Curuzada São Sebastião (San Sebastian Crossing), is a housing development located to the west of Jardim da Alá, in Leblon - It was first inaugurated in 1955 as part of wide scale plan to remove all 150 favelas in Rio over 10 years. The first residents were brought in from the Praia do Pinto (Pinto Beach), favela, to reside in the 10 large buildings and 945 apartments - The buildings are part of the Igreja Santos Anjos, or 'Holy Angela Church', located close by. valuable sources of information and schedules of local events in lebon are the blog amo leblon, as much as the portal do leblon. on this page we listed all neighborhoods in rio, including unofficial neighborhoods, divided by city zone - this map shows all neighborhoods in rio de janeiro, grouped by city zone and color coded - zona west in pink, zona north in green, zona sul in light green, and zona central in beige.
