Buildings in Rio de Janeiro The architecture of Rio de Janeiro is great. At the beginnig, our major influence came from French and Portuguese architecture. In Rio's historical and commercial center is quite commum the mix between the old and modern buildings, and they can perfectly live together. We have lots natural beauties. The beaches, the mountains, lakes make our city unique. The most Brazilian famous monument is called Christ Redeeming Statue. Localized at the peak of the 700 metres, Corcovado mountain, its construction started at 1922, and it has 38 metres with a beatiful city view. Another awesome construction is our biggest stadium called Maracanã. Maracanã received the Rio Olympic Games 2016 and the World Cup Final 2014. Builded in 1982, our tallest build is called Torre do Rio Sul with 164 metres. The most famous museum with amazing architecture is Niterói Contemporary Art Museum, constructed by our famous architect Oscar Niemeyer, with marvelous combination of nature and architecture. The Olympic Games brought us a new legacy, and they are: Tomorrow Museum, Barra Olympic Park, improvement in public transport. But the most fascinating about Rio is the capacity to put together the old and new architecture and the nature.