Petrópolis

Petrópolis (Portuguese: [peˈtɾɔpolis, -pu-]), also known as The Imperial City, is a municipality in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It is located in the state of Rio de Janeiro, 68 kilometres (42 mi) northeast of the city of Rio de Janeiro. According to the 2010 National Brazilian Census, Petrópolis municipality had 295,917 inhabitants that year, an increase from the 286,537 inhabitants at the previous census. Besides being the largest and most populous city in the Fluminense Mountain Region, the city also has the largest GDP and HDI in the region.

For other uses of "Petropolis", see Petropolis (disambiguation).

Petrópolis

16 March 1843

Hingo Hammes (DEM)

795.798 km² (307.259 sq mi)

838 m (2,749 ft)

306,678

90th

384.42/km² (995.6/sq mi)

petropolitano

UTC−3 (BRT)

25680-000

+55 24

0,745 – high^[2] (UNDP)

www.petropolis.rj.gov.br

The town's name ("City of Peter") honors Pedro II, the last Emperor of Brazil, who is entombed there at the Cathedral of Saint Peter of Alcantara.^[3] The city was the summer residence of the Brazilian Emperors and aristocrats in the 19th century, and was the official capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro during the First Brazilian Republic, between 1894 and 1902.^[3]

There are projects to annex Petrópolis again to the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, because it is linked to the capital by political and economic ties and contains one of the state's highest HDIs.^[4]

– 56.98%

Roman Catholic Apostolic

– 26.72%

Protestants

– 4.25%

Kardecist Spiritists

(Including Atheists, and Agnostics) – 9.32%

No Religion

Others – 2.73%

Downtown

North zone: Quissamã, Retiro, Jardim Salvador, Itamarati (parte), Atílio Marotti, Quarteirão Brasileiro, among others.

South zone: Valparaíso, Quitandinha, Duques, Taquara, Parque São Vicente, Coronel Veiga, Castelânea, Siméria, Duas Pontes, Ponte Fones, Quarteirão Suíço, Quarteirão Italiano, Independência, São Sebastião, Saldanha Marinho, Alto Independência, Mauá, among others.

West zone: Bingen, Mosela, Duarte da Silveira, Capela, Castrioto, Pedras Brancas, Vila Militar, Rócio, Bataillard, Moinho Preto, Fazenda Inglesa, Quarteirão Ingelhein, Quarteirão Nassau, among others.

East Zone: Morin, Alto da Serra, 24 de Maio, Vila Felipe, Vila Real, Campinho, Chácara Flora, Sargento Boening, Oswero Vilaça, Meio da Serra, among others.

Petrópolis is divided into five districts, which are subdivided into smaller neighborhoods. These districts are subdivided into neighborhoods and/or urban and rural locations.

Petrópolis

Districts

Açu Hill ()

Serra dos Órgãos National Park

Casa Stefan Zweig

Castle of the Baron of Itaipava, (currently under reformation)

Crystal Palace

District of Itaipava, containing many popular attractions such as the "orto" market, vilareijo, and the municipal park located in the heart of the district.

Fatima's Throne

Grão-Pará Palace

House of Ipiranga ("House of the Seven Mistakes")

House of Joaquim Nabuco

House of

Princess Isabel

House of

Rui Barbosa

House (chalet) of

Santos-Dumont

House of the Baron and Viscount of Arinos

House of the

Baron and Viscount of Mauá

House of the Viscount of Caeté

Imperial Museum of Brazil

Monastery of the Virgin

Petrópolis City Park

Petrópolis Wax Museum

Quitandinha Palace

Rio Negro Palace

Rural touristic tours of Taquaril, Brejal and Araras

(Cathedral of Petrópolis) with the Imperial Mausoleum

Saint Peter of Alcantara Cathedral

Valparaíso (Gastronomic and Entertainment Center of Petrópolis)

(Annual Festival in honor to the German immigrants)

Bauernfest

Sport[edit]

Serrano Football Club was founded on 29 June 1915 and was Garrincha's first professional team.^[46]

Prince of Grão-Pará

Dom Pedro de Alcântara

Prince Luís of Orléans-Braganza

Olympique Lyonnais footballer

Rafael da Silva

Brazilian martial artist

Carlos Gracie

Brazilian martial artist

Hélio Gracie

operatic baritone, born in Petrópolis^[58]

Michel de Souza

Brazilian actor

Guilherme Fontes

United States Ambassador to Brazil 1912–1933

Edwin V. Morgan

Brazilian actress

Fiorella Mattheis

winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, among other awards

Peter Brian Medawar

Brazilian mountain bike racer

Henrique Avancini

actor who has appeared in many successful movies, including 300, What to Expect When You're Expecting, among others

Rodrigo Santoro

Brazilian pianist

Magda Tagliaferro

Austrian author, lived in Petrópolis from 1940 until his suicide in the same city on February 23, 1942

Stefan Zweig

American poet and short-story writer, lived partly in Petrópolis for 17 years (1944–1961) with Lota de Macedo Soares, architect and landscape designer^[59]