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Rio de Janeiro

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Rio de Janeiro counts 24 notable places in this snapshot — museums, landmarks and points of interest surfaced from OpenStreetMap. That places it 1st of 3 cities in South America. The most common label on the list is museum, on 12 of the 24 entries.

Notable places 24 snapshot 2026-09-28
Notable places24
Rank1 / 3in South America
vs. median1.00×South America median
Place types3distinct categories

What the numbers say

Rio de Janeiro accounts for 24 notable places listed on OpenStreetMap in this cycle, all of them on September 28, 2026. Every row below is a record as its source published it — no estimate, no interpolation, and nothing carried over from a previous run.

That places Rio de Janeiro 1 of 3 among South America, which is within a rounding error of the median for that group.

The most recent entries are Solar, Sítio Cascata Dois Irmãos, Ahuramazda. This page is a view of public data and not a substitute for it — check the original before acting on any row.

The list, read out

Museums account for 12 of the 24: Solar, Museu do Primeiro Reinado, Museu Penitenciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rua Van Erven, Museu Militar Conde de Linhares, Museu da Polícia Militar, Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional, Museu Nacional, Casa Histórica de Marechal Deodoro, Centro Cultural Casa das Águas, Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins and 586. Monuments account for 11 of the 24: Ahuramazda, Portão da Coroa, Dom Pedro II, Estátua Maria Leopoldina, Rotary Clube, Estátua do Bellini, Pantheon de Caxias, Noel Rosa, Cais do Valongo, Visconde de Mauá and Ana Carolina da Costa Lino. Attraction accounts for 1 of the 24: Sítio Cascata Dois Irmãos. Alphabetically the register runs from 586 to Visconde de Mauá.

That is 3 place types across 24 listings for Rio de Janeiro. Museums are the largest group at 12, attraction the smallest at 1 — the mix is the map speaking, not this page: a type is whatever the OpenStreetMap record says it is. One label appears exactly once — attraction (Sítio Cascata Dois Irmãos).

The addresses OpenStreetMap files these places under touch 22 distinct localities, and they cluster: Alameda das Sapucaias holds 3 (Dom Pedro II and Estátua Maria Leopoldina among them), while 21 localities carry one entry each — a rough sketch of where Rio de Janeiro keeps its notable ground.

Places worth knowing about in Rio de Janeiro

24 places · snapshot of 2026-09-28 · sourced from OpenStreetMap

Rio de Janeiro notable places
PlaceLocality
museum Solar Rua Herbert de Souza, Rio Cidade Nova Centro Empresarial
attraction Sítio Cascata Dois Irmãos Estr. João Heringer, São José do Ribeirão
monument Ahuramazda Praça Pedro II, São Cristóvão
museum Museu do Primeiro Reinado 293, Avenida Pedro II
monument Portão da Coroa Avenida Pedro II, Largo da Cancela
museum Museu Penitenciário do Estado do Rio de Janeiro 615-699, Rua Van Erven
monument Dom Pedro II Alameda das Sapucaias, Largo da Cancela
museum Rua Van Erven Estácio, Rio de Janeiro
monument Estátua Maria Leopoldina Alameda das Sapucaias, Largo da Cancela
museum Museu Militar Conde de Linhares 383, Avenida Pedro II
monument Rotary Clube Avenida Carlos Paolera, Tijuca
museum Museu da Polícia Militar Rua Marquês de Pombal, Bairro de Fátima
monument Estátua do Bellini Ciclovia Estádio Mário Filho, Maracanã
museum Horto Botânico do Museu Nacional Rua General Herculano Gomes, São Cristóvão
monument Pantheon de Caxias Avenida Marechal Floriano, Centro
museum Museu Nacional Alameda das Sapucaias, Largo da Cancela
monument Noel Rosa Rua Radialista Waldir Amaral, Maracanã
museum Casa Histórica de Marechal Deodoro 197, Praça da República
monument Cais do Valongo Praça Jornal do Comércio, Pequena África
museum Centro Cultural Casa das Águas 287, Rua Riachuelo
monument Visconde de Mauá Praça Mauá, Centro
museum Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins 586, Rua General Bruce
monument Ana Carolina da Costa Lino Espaço Pela Paz, Laranjeiras
museum 586 Rua General Bruce, Largo da Cancela

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