Agoutis
Among the visitors.
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Campo de Santana is the park in Praça da República in central Rio, near the spot where Brazil was declared a republic on 15 November 1889, which gave the square its name. In colonial times the area was a vast swamp, gradually filled in to become an open space between town and countryside; it took the name «Campo de Santana» in 1753 after a church later demolished for Brazil's first urban railway station, whose site is now Central do Brasil. The square became a park in the romantic English style in the late 19th century, with winding paths, small lakes, artificial grottoes and huge trees. Its best-known residents are the agoutis, brown rodents that roam freely among visitors, along with peacocks and other birds. Historic buildings surround it, among them the Count of Arcos Palace, seat of the Senate for nearly a century, and the old Mint, now the National Archive. Entry is free, it opens in the daytime, and it makes a calm break amid downtown's bustle, a few steps from Central station.
Among the visitors.
Romantic style.
The old Senate.
Praça da República, near Central do Brasil station, central Rio de Janeiro
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