The bandstand
At the centre.
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Praça da Harmonia, officially Praça Coronel Assunção, is a small square in the Gamboa district of central Rio de Janeiro, ringed by old buildings, with a bandstand at its centre that gives it a small-town feel among benches, game tables, trees and gardens. Its site held the «Mercado da Harmonia», created to take pressure off the municipal market on Praça XV, in the district that was the heart of the old port. Gamboa is part of Rio's «Little Africa», the area tied to the history of enslaved Africans and the nearby Valongo Wharf, and to the birth of samba in the homes of the Bahian community. The square regularly hosts popular cultural groups, among them a stilt-walkers' orchestra and local carnival bands. The «Harmonia» stop on light-rail line 1 is right beside it, making it a good stop on a walk between the Valongo Wharf, AquaRio, Praça Mauá and the Museum of Tomorrow. Visit by day.
At the centre.
The port district.
Carnival bands.
Between Rua Antônio Lage and Rua Sacadura Cabral, Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro
AquaRioAquaRio, the Marine Aquarium of Rio de Janeiro, opened on 31 October 2016 in Gam3 minutes walk4.4
Valongo WharfValongo Wharf looks like a patch of old paving stones exposed in Rio's port dist6 minutes walk4.5
Museu de Arte do Rio (MAR)The Museu de Arte do Rio, known by its initials MAR, opened on 1 March 2013 on P13 minutes walk4.8
Praça MauáPraça Mauá is the gateway to Rio's renewed port district, about 25,000 square me14 minutes walk4.8
Museum of TomorrowThe Museum of Tomorrow, Museu do Amanhã, is a science museum designed by the Spa16 minutes walk4.6The Mercado da Harmonia, created to relieve the municipal market on Praça XV.