Rio de Janeiro (January River), commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th largest in the Americas, and 26th in the world. Part of the city has been designated as a World Heritage Site, named "Rio de Janeiro: Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea", identified by UNESCO on 1 July 2012 in the category Cultural Landscape.
Wikipedia.org
Property No #1100
Date of Inscription on the List of UNESCO WHS: 2012
Thank you, Christelle !
Sent on: September 23, 2013
Received on: October 7, 2013
No comments:
Post a Comment