at a glance

The exploitation of the augen gneiss was Presented by the   Jean Baptiste Debret in his book 'Voyage Pittoresque et Historique au Brésil'.    Presented by the    SIGEP - Comissão Brasileira de Sítios Geológicos e Paleobiológicos, the study Pão de Açucar RJ - cartão postal geológico do brasil - (Sugar Loaf, Rio Janeiro -The geological post card of Brazil), by Luiz Carlos da Silva and Antônio José Lopes de Andrade Ramos shows how pão de açúcar (Sugar Loaf) Hill and corcovado provide the backdrop to some of the most renowned and beloved postcard images of Rio de Janeiro city, and the whole of Brazil. The fact that Sugar Loaf mountain has been named PÃO DE AÇÚCAR GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL NATIONAL SITE reflects also its importance for geological and geomorphologic studies in and of Brazil.