A hundred years later, in 1961, Tijuca was named a national park. (film reel clanking) (Fernando speaking Portuguese) ♪ NARRATOR: Pioneering, yes, but complete, no.

OPINION: Tijuca National Park is the largest urban rainforest in the world and the heart of Rio. Now, the little-known story of how six enslaved Black Brazilians helped save the land from complete ...

Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca National Park, a sprawling 3,953-hectare expanse of restored Atlantic Forest recognized as one of the ...

The Tijuca forest park is a mountainous rainforest in the city of Rio. covering over 30 square kilometers. The rainforest was officially named as National Park in 1961.

Iguaçu National Park is Brazil's second largest and attracts two million visitors annually, said Embratur officials. Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro, where the Christ the Redeemer statue is ...

What happens when animals return to Rio’s largest urban park? In the middle of Rio de Janeiro sits the world’s largest urban rainforest: Tijuca National park. To combat a century of ...

Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca National Park, a sprawling 3,953-hectare expanse of restored Atlantic Forest recognized as one of the ...

A colored lithograph by Karl Joseph Brodtmann of the Tijuca forest waterfall in the Tijuca National Park, Rio de Janeiro, circa 1830s. Tourists are sketching the view while locals work nearby.

Tijuca forest park in Rio 0 Comment(s) Print E-mail Xinhua, January 14, 2014 A tourist take video footage of a coati in the rainforest in Tijuca National Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Jan. 11, 2014.

Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca National Park, a sprawling 3,953-hectare expanse of restored Atlantic Forest recognized as one of the ...