ca. 1885–1895Rio de Janeiro
Central Rio from Morro do Castelo
Photographer not named. Not attributed here to Marc Ferrez. The record used does not name him.
Elevated photograph
ca. 1885–1895·Rio de Janeiro
Central Rio from Morro do Castelo
Photographer not named. Not attributed here to Marc Ferrez. The record used does not name him.
Elevated photograph · Replaced
What this plate shows
An elevated photograph over tiled roofs toward the bay: a church with towers and a dome, masonry blocks, ships, mountains. Taken from Morro do Castelo, about 1885–1895. The photographer is unnamed. Not a lithograph, and not a claim that the hill is still there.
- Image type
- Elevated photograph
- Structure
- The viewpoint: Morro do Castelo.
- Region
- South America
- Present status
- Replaced — The hill the camera stood on was leveled in the 1920s. That status is the viewpoint, not every building in the view. Churches and the bay are not each decided here.
- Source
- Instituto Moreira Salles. A view of the center from Morro do Castelo, catalogued about 1885–1895. Scale of that scan.
- License
- Public domain.