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Manguinhos Library Park ( pt, Biblioteca-Parque de Manguinhos) is a library and park complex in 
The library's design is meant to be inviting. Its exterior is painted dark-pink with white doors and windows.
The Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, and the governor of Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...
, Brazil. The library opened on April 29, 2010. It contains over 25,000 books, 900 DVDs and 3 million songs, and also has a theatre that seats 200 people, a music room, classrooms, and a “Meu Bairro” ("My neighborhood") room created for community member meetings. It is located in Manguinhos, a favela
Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had ...
in the neighborhood of Benfica. Benfica is in what is known as the "North Zone" of Rio de Janeiro.
The creation of a "library park" complex was inspired by the library parks of Colombia, which were created as cultural projects in the less affluent neighborhoods of Medellín
Medellín ( or ), officially the Municipality of Medellín ( es, Municipio de Medellín), is the second-largest city in Colombia, after Bogotá, and the capital of the department of Antioquia. It is located in the Aburrá Valley, a central re ...
to promote social inclusion.
The library's design is meant to be inviting. Its exterior is painted dark-pink with white doors and windows.
The Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, and the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral
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, attended the inauguration of the first library park.
Description
The Library-Park Manguinhos occupies an area of 3300 m² of a former Army Supply Depot. It serves 16 communities in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, with a population of approximately 100,000. The place was urbanized and transformed into the place with the highest concentration of social facilities in a poor community in the city. The cultural complex has library for books and film, a reading room for people with visual impairments, digital music collection, movie theater, cafeteria, and free internet access. The Ministry of Culture has invested £2.5 million to equip the Manguinhos Library-Park. The equipment had a total investment of $8.6 million, of which R$7.4 million from the Federal Government and R$1.2 million contribution from the state government.See also
*List of libraries in Brazil
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References
External links
Libraries in Rio de Janeiro (city) Libraries established in 2010 2010 establishments in Brazil {{library-stub