at a glance

Aside from these factors, the beach provides work and income for a significant sector of the population - The existing activities in this space mobilize a large number of workers, both for its everyday use, and during great public festivities, such as New Year, or wide-scale sporting and cultural events.

it is no wonder then, that amongst public politicians there has always been a strong preoccupation with this immense coastal strip - The constant construction works in the area are not only a way of protecting it from likely threats posed by litter and pollution, but also a way of maintaining it as 'the space par excellence' of a culture with a vocation for pleasure by the sea.

Presented by the Prefeitura do Rio de Janeiro, the study Memória da destruição: Rio - uma história que se perdeu (Memory of destruction: Rio - a story that has been lost), coordinated by Ricardo Macieira, offers a topic for reflection - the importance of tangible and intangible records for the construction and memory of a city of fundamental importance to Brazil, such as Rio de Janeiro.