Rio de Janeiro
A port city in southeastern Brazil that served as the country's capital until 1960, known for the Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado and its Carnival.
In 1807, the Portugal royal family fled to Brazil to escape Napoleon. In 1815, Rio de Janeiro became the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil, and the Algarves—a rare case of a European nation having its capital on another continent.
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