Botafogo (local/standard alternative

Brazilian Portuguese Brazilian Portuguese (' ), also Portuguese of Brazil (', ) or South American Portuguese (') is the set of varieties of the Portuguese language native to Brazil and the most influential form of Portuguese worldwide. It is spoken by almost all of ...

pronunciation: ) is a beachfront neighborhood ('' bairro'') in

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. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta (which separates it from

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) and São João (which separates it from Copacabana). The word Botafogo also refers to a Latin American ballroom dance move, named so because the area of Botafogo is where it originated.

Etymology

Nicola Antonio Facchinetti - Enseada do Botafogo

Botafogo was named after João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo (1540–1627), who was responsible for the

galleon Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships first used as armed cargo carriers by European states from the 16th to 18th centuries during the age of sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch W ...

''Botafogo'''s artillery. Because of that, he received the nickname "Botafogo" and included it in his family name. When he went to live in Brazil, the

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granted him the land known today as Botafogo. The name literally means "set it on fire" in Portuguese (a reference to the ''Botafogo'' galleon's artillery power). In the mid-19th century,

English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the ...

speakers also called it Boto Fogo.

Attractions and amenities

Botafogo's beach is within

Guanabara Bay Guanabara Bay ( pt, Baía de Guanabara, ) is an oceanic bay located in Southeast Brazil in the state of Rio de Janeiro. On its western shore lie the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Duque de Caxias, and on its eastern shore the cities of Niterói a ...

, sheltered from the

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Ocean by the

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peninsula and

Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain ( pt, Pão de Açúcar, ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising above the harbor, the peak is named for its resemblance to ...

. Attractions include the Home of Ruy Barbosa, the

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— which explores the culture and history of the major indigenous peoples of Brazil — and the Villa-Lobos Museum. The

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is also located in Botafogo.

Sports

Botafogo is the home of Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, a multi-sport club whose football team is one of Brazil's biggest.

Infrastructure

The neighborhood is served by

Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station Botafogo Station ( pt, Estação Botafogo; previously Botafogo/Coca-Cola Station) is a subway station on the Rio de Janeiro Metro that serves the neighbourhood of Botafogo in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The station was renamed on 1 January ...

on the

Rio de Janeiro Metro The Rio de Janeiro Metro ( pt, MetrôRio, ), commonly referred to as just the ''Metrô'' () is a rapid transit network that serves the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Metrô was inaugurated on 5 March 1979, and consisted of five stations op ...

Education

The

Deutsche Schule Rio de Janeiro Deutsche Schule Rio de Janeiro ( pt, Escola Alemã Corcovado) is a German international school in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It serves levels Kindergarten/''Educação Infantil'' through ''klasse'' 12/''turma'' 12 (a part of Sekundarstufe II ...

(Escola Alemã Corcovado) is located in Botafogo.Home page (Portuguese)Home page (German)

. Retrieved on May 3, 2015. "Rua São Clemente 388 - Botafogo - CEP: 22260-000 Rio de Janeiro - RJ - Brasil"

References

{{Authority control Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) Beaches of Rio de Janeiro (city) Guanabara Bay