at a glance

the street, located between ipanema beach and the beautiful Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, is heavily lined with trees and houses with a mixture of old buildings and modern, luxurious condominiums - it is a largely residential street and one of ipanema's quieter streets with just a small number of shops, restaurants, educational institutes and other services dotted along it.

originally opened by the baron of ipanema in 1894, the street was named in 1917 in honour of brazilian engineer dr. carlos augusto nascimento silva (1855-1924) who was the first director of the engineering directorate in the republic and director of works and transportation.

following, this link shows the index of ipanema's streets, while this page shows ipanema maps.