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at a glance

vaz lobo is a neighborhood located in the north zone (zona norte) of rio - the bairro (neighborhood) is bordered by rocha miranda, cavalcanti, vicente de carvalho, irajá, madureira and turiaçu.

this bairro's name comes from a plantation owner named capitão-tenente josé maria vaz lobo (lieutenant commander josé maria vaz lobo), there were once a large number of plantations in this area between the morro do sapê (thatched hill) and the morro da serrinha (little mountain hill), these farms typically produced sweet potatoes, cassava root and coffee beans - vaz lobo's plantation intersected with the estrada de irajá (irajá road) which is today the avenida monsenhor félix (monsignor felix avenue).

the neighborhood used to belong to the freguesia de irajá (parish of irajá), it was intersected by the estrada da penha (penha road), which was renamed the estrada marechal rangel (marshal rangel road), and the same road is now named avenida ministro edgar romero (minister edgar romero avenue) - the construction of a new avenue, the transcarioca, intended to improve local transportation and aid the community development process in the area. it will also connect penha longa to the barra da tijuca. arrow-back      arrow-forward
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