at a glance

Presented by the Vetor Pré-Vestibular comunitário, the study Passeio pelo centro histórico do rio de janeiro, (A trip through the historic center of Rio de Janeiro) addresses how Although the first European constructions in the guanabara bay region were situated on ilha de villegaignon, beside the location of where the Santos Dumont airport is today, and on the cara de cão hill in urca, the city only properly began to develop in 1567 between four old hills in the Center - São Bento, Conceição, Castelo, and Santo Antônio.

Only after the court arrived, in 1808, did the city expand beyond these hills and, Even so, the principal region of the city has always been 'Centro', the political, economic, financial and cultural center.