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in honor of St. Teresa - founder
of the Discalced Carmelite order
of the Catholic Church and
disciple and friend of St. John of
the Cross. Although much of this
convent is closed to visitors,
there is a small museum as well
as access to the very spot where
St. Teresa was born and the little
garden where she used to play
as a child.
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Map W5 • Ladeira de
Santa Teresa 52, Santa Teresa • (021)
2224 2040 • Open 7am-5pm Tue-Fri
Ronnie Biggs
Ronnie Biggs was a member of
the gang that carried out “The
Great Train Robbery” in England
in 1963. He escaped prison and
fled to Rio where he settled in
Santa Teresa. Biggs could not be
extradited as he had fathered a
Brazilian child. He returned
voluntarily to the UK in 2001
because of ill health, where he is
serving the rest of his sentence.
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Museu Casa
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Arcos da Lapa
Benjamin Constant
This is the former home of
Benjamin Constant, a political
philosopher who led the
republican movement
and formulated key
political ideas including
the national motto,
Ordem e Progresso
(Order and Progress).
The museum contains
many personal items and
offers great views from
the garden.
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Map U5
• Rua Monte Alegre 255, Santa
Teresa • (021) 2509 1248 •
Open 1-5pm Thu-Sun • Adm
Lapa is dominated by this
aquaduct passing over Avenida
Mem de Sá, which was
built in 1724 to trans-
port water from the
Santa Teresa forest to
the public drinking
fountain near Largo da
Carioca. Trams now run
across the arches to
and from Santa Teresa.
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Map W4 • Rua Frei Leandro
20, Jardim Botânico • (021)
2226 1038 • Open 10am-
5:30pm Mon-Fri • Adm
Museu Casa Benjamin
Constant
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Ladeira do Selarón
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Convento de Santa Teresa
These steps link Praça
Cardos Câmara in Lapa with Rua
Hermenegildo de Barros in Santa
Teresa. Their official name is the
The Santa Teresa district is
named for this austere 17th-
century convent, which was built
Arcos da Lapa
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