at a glance

passing from ipanema beach towards the neighborhood of copacabana, rua gomes carneiro in ipanema is named after ernesto antónio gomes carneiro, who is considered one of the great heroes of the military time of emperor dom pedro ii of brazil.

gomes carneiro enlisted as a soldier in the first corps of voluntários da pátria at a young age, later entering military school and then escola de tiro (shooting school) - he achieved numerous promotions throughout his military career, including lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel and colonel.