at a glance
the size and spread of the residential areas dispersed across the campo grande neighborhood called for a devision into several sub-neighborhoods in order to facilitate administration and geographic organization of transports. rio de prata is one of such smaller residential areas. the area is named after a local river and translates to 'silver river'. this stream of water was once used to delimit the area which was known as 'campo grande' in colonial times and which went up to the mendanha region.
the whole region always had a very important role in the country's agricultural industry, and was a great producer of sugarcane and coffee in tis time. rio de prata itself was one of the largest coffee farms during the 18th century. the electric trams arrived in the early 20th century and were a very important mean of transportation until the 1960s, when they ceased to be used in the region. nowadays the rio da prata sub-neighborhood is centered around its historic square, which marks the intersection of several important roads - the viegas road runs to the north and eventually connects with the santa cruz avenue in the bangu neighborhood. the morro dos caboclos road goes south and crosses the pedra branca ridge. the cabuçu road goes to the west, eventually reaching the very center of campo grande. finally the batalha road goes east before splitting into three different venues which grant access to different parts of the nearby pedra branca ridge.
zona oeste
zona oeste
