Cidade do Samba
Cidade do Samba (Portuguese, Samba City) is a complex of buildings in Gamboa (Rio de Janeiro), where Samba schools prepare for carnival. About fourteen of the major samba schools have a warehouse in the complex.
Warehouse | Samba school |
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1 | LIESA |
2 | União da Ilha |
3 | Portela |
4 | Grande Rio |
5 | Vila Isabel |
6 | Porto da Pedra |
7 | São Clemente |
8 | Salgueiro |
9 | LIESA |
10 | Mocidade |
11 | Beija-Flor |
12 | Unidos da Tijuca |
13 | Mangueira |
14 | Imperatriz |
February 2011 fire
On the early morning of Monday February 7, 2011, four weeks before carnival, a fire broke out in the buildings. The warehouses contain many costumes and floats, often composed with inflammable materials. Some 8400 costumes and twenty floats, belonging to three samba schools, might be lost[1][2]
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Coordinates: 22°53.770′S 43°11.862′W / 22.896167°S 43.197700°W