Méier
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Meier
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Méier is a neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, Brazil
Brazil
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Education and leisure
The neighborhood has some private universities, several private schools (some almost centenary), state and municipal schools. The most well know schools are private, Immaculate Heart of Mary School (sagrado Coração de Maria) based in 1914 in the former Imperial Street, current Aristides Caire Street Immaculate Heart of Mary College and Metropolitan College (Colégio Metropolitano) founded in 1932 in street Dias da Cruz (where today is the Méier Shopping Mall) and has three units in the neighborhood. There are several language private courses like CCAA, Brasas, Cultura Inglesa and Ibeu) and other courses (such as Kumon). There are also academies of traditional dance (Rio Dance Center) and Sport Club Mackenzie.Meiér has some good restaurants like Boi Bão at Lopez da Cruz Street and Casa do Bacalhau at Dias da Cruz Street.
Dias da Cruz Street is closed and turned into a recreation area
Recreation area
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on Sundays and holidays from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. between Hermengarda Street and Magalhães Couto Street.
Health
Salgado Filho Municipal Hospital is located in Méier. The hospital began its activities on October 12, 1920 under the name Auxiliary Service of the First Aid Méier. On November 28, 1951, changed its name to Méier dispensary. Only on March 27, 1963 it finally opened as Salgado Filho State Hospital. On March 17, 1977, the new Municipal Hospital Salgado Filho, with a main block (and 7 underground floors), with two annexes (with a 3 and another with 2 floors) is inaugurated by Mayor Marcos Tamoya and his Secretary of Health, Dr. Felippe Cardoso Filho. Ana Barbosa on the street is located the post of Municipal CALL Caesar Pernetta.The Todos os Santos
Todos os Santos (Rio de Janeiro)
Todos os Santos is a neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....
neighborhood near Méier has the Pasteur Hospital, which opened in 2005. The hospital, with 24 hour care, has emergency
Emergency
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, gynecology/obstetrics
Obstetrics
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, general surgery
General surgery
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, orthopedic and radiology
Radiology
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departments.
Culture
The neighborhood was once a cultural center but past the year this scenario has changed. It used to have four movie theaterMovie theater
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s. The most famous of them was the Imperator. The others were: Art Méier and Bruni Méier (both on the Silva Rabelo street) and Paratodos (on the Arquias Cordeiro Street). In 1991, Imperator was transformed into a dance club, but it was closed in 1995.
The neighborhood has the Rio Dance Center, founded in 1973, which had among its students actress Adriana Esteves and presenter Fátima Bernardes.
Supervia
The neighborhood has a SuperViaSuperVia
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station: the Méier station. Only the trains of Deodoro Line stop at this station, but it is possible to reach other available lines (Japeri and Santa Cruz) at Engenho de Dentro station.
Bus lines
The neighborhood has two buses terminals: the Bus Terminal Americo Ayres (end point / line regulator of 8 and 16 routes) and Bus Terminal Architect Gelton Pacciello da Motta (end point / regulator, 7 lines and 15 itineraries). There are 93 routes and 55 lines operated by 23 companies that allow access to several other neighborhoods in the city.Taxi
The neighborhood has 9 taxi stops controlled by the Municipality of Rio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro
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. Other stops (like Engenho de Dentro
Engenho de Dentro
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and Norte Shopping
Norte Shopping
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) at nearby areas facilitate the use of this mean of transportation. Méier has some taxi cooperatives, and Taxi Méier is one of the most famous and used by the population.
| Location | Number of points | Number of vacancies |
|---|---|---|
| Caetano de Almeida street | 1 | 5 |
| Dias da Cruz street | 6 | 35 |
| Maria Calmon street | 1 | 5 |
| Silva Rabelo street | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 9 | 48 |
External links
- Associação Comercial e Empresarial do Grande Méier (ACEMÉIER) (Portuguese)
- Associação de Moradores do Méier (AMME) (Portuguese)