at a glance

villa lobos museum, a museum dedicated to the important brazilian musician born in 1887 in rio de janeiro - every november, villa lobo also promotes the villa lobo music festival.

the home of rui barbosa, a neo-classical museum dedicated to the life and work of rui barbosa, one of the brightest intellectuals of his time, he was one of the organizers of the republic and co-author of the constitution of the first republic with prudente de morais. 

the universidade federal do rio de janeiro (federal university of rio de janeiro) contributing to the valorization of the city as a center for education and for the sciences created in botafogo the casa da ciência (house of science).