Quinta da Boa Vista, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil
The Quinta da Boa Vista is a public park of great historical importance in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The park was part of the gardens of the São Cristóvão Palace, the residence of the Emperors of Brazil in the 19th century.
The building of the old palace hosts now the National Museum, with collections on natural history, ethnology and archaeology. Visitors can also see a few rooms of the ancient Palace with its original painted and stucco decoration, like the Throne Room, the Ambassadors’ Room and the room of Empress Teresa Cristina.
These rooms still display a couple original pieces but are overall empty. The garden in front of the neoclassical-style Palace follows geometric lines surrounded by brick-lined formed by pilasters also in neoclassical style, which gives extension to the magnitude of the Palace.
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