Tour Rio de Janeiro's diverse architecture from financial district skyscrapers to favela shanty towns
Two faces of Rio de Janeiro.
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NARRATOR: The statue of Christ the Redeemer on Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, seems to embrace the city's diversity.
Rio presents a blend of skyscrapers, international finance centers, and modern means of transportation as well as favelas—the shantytowns that have sprung up on its hillsides—inhabited by rural people who have migrated to the city in the hope of a better future.
Rio presents a blend of skyscrapers, international finance centers, and modern means of transportation as well as favelas—the shantytowns that have sprung up on its hillsides—inhabited by rural people who have migrated to the city in the hope of a better future.