The Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, currently represents one of the main attractions of the capital Rio de Janeiro.
Known as "The Heart of the Rio de Janeiro." is ercada neighborhoods by Ipanema, Leblon, Gavea, Lagoa and Jardim Botanico O ideal for walking, bicileta, read a good book, take coconut water and relax looking at the gorgeous reflective water and a magnificent golden sunsets by .
In the pond, we also find guadras, paddleboat rides, a helicopter pad, skate park, trails for running and walking. Moreover, the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas night has several kiosks where people go after work or weekend drinking a beer.
The lake has a grounded part of it. This occurred in the mid-twentieth century (there by decades of 40.50 and 60), as many hills - like the Catumbi, the Praia do Pinto among others, were busy on the banks of the pond and for many years housed more than fifty thousand inhabitants. Except that the shacks were erected on the hills of risk and may desabar.Então the government, after over twenty years of occupation of the hills, drove all the inhabitants and "dismantled" the hills, landing most of the city. Its residents were to the suburbs, and moved in housing. In place of the hills were built apartment buildings and parks.
With 2.4 million square meters, to practice water sports such as rowing. In the surrounding are the Lagoa Rowing Stadium, a paved bike path, with 7.5 km long, several leisure and food stands offering items of regional and international cuisine. There are also some of the most important clubs in the city as the Brazilian Jockey Club.
Since 1995, at Christmas time, there is the tradition of assembling a giant lighted Christmas tree, taking advantage of your lake.
While surviving on its banks a colony of fishermen, the lake is suffering from a chronic problem demorte fish, caused by algae blooms that consume oxygen in the water.
