Description: in this section we compiled a brief history and some facts for of each of ipanema's main streets, avenues, and squares - rua means street, avenida means avenue, and praça means square.
rio de janeiro (999) rio (600)
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rua jangadeiros is a small street, just two blocks long, which runs alongside praça general osório - previously called 16 de novembro it was given its current name in 1939 as a tribute to a group of fishermen from the northeast who travelled by raft from ceará to rio de janeiro, arriving on september 19th, 1922 for the centenary celebrations of the independence of brazil.