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Description: Guinle Park

The Parque Eduardo Guinle, popularly known as Guinle Park is a public park located in the Laranjeiras neighborhood, in the south of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
With an area of ​​approximately 24,750 square meters, its access is by road Gago Coutinho.

Originally, the park area was the gardens of the palace of Eduardo Guinle (1846-1914), erected in the 1920s. Were designed by French landscape Gérard Cochet, and later received some timely interventions by Roberto Burle Marx.
The dependencies of the park include the first set of residential buildings targeted for the elite of Rio. Designed by architect Lucio Costa and erected between 1948 and 1954, characterized by the traits of a modern architecture and plenty of Brazilianness, integrating the building to the environment. The Garden was then remade by Burle Marx. As far as Lucio Costa Burle Marx, were strong influences of Modernism, it is possible to observe this peculiarity in the compositions prepared in the park.
Original design by Lucio Costa included six buildings arranged radially around the park, of which only three were built. The set was supplemented later by an office building MMM Roberto.
The park today
Currently, the mansion of Guinle, known as the Laranjeiras Palace is the residence of the Governor of the State of Rio de Janeiro. For this reason, the park is guarded day and night and its patrons can enjoy a beautiful green area, with relative safety.

Attractions

Situated in a small valley at the foot of the hill Nova Cintra, in Orange, is presented in the form of an amphitheater, with the bottom stream and an artificial lake surrounded by gently sloping hillsides.

The first view is the gateway to access that supports the granite, cast iron gate flanked by two statues of a winged lion.

The park has no parking, no barbecues.

Because it was designed by Lucio Costa and its gardens were designed by landscape artist Burle Marx, Parque Guinle has a great look with blocks and superblocks of Pilot Plan of Brasilia.

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