Baixada Fluminense (Rio Lowlands) is a region of the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil. The region is also called sometimes Baixada da Guanabara (Guanabara Lowlands)
Cities
Other destinations
- š Ćrea de ProteĆ§Ć£o Ambiental de Guapimirim (One of the main Environmental Protection Areas in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the municipality of Guapimirim)
- š Guia de PacobaĆba (District where the first train station of Brazil is located, in the municipality of MagĆ©)
- š Reserva BiolĆ³gica do TinguĆ” (A large biological reserve in the north of Nova IguaƧu)
- š Ilha do Martins and Ilha de ItacuruƧƔ (Two islands in the western limit of ItaguaĆ, in the Sepetiba Bay - the entire Martins island is inside the territory of ItaguaĆ, while only a part of the ItacuruƧƔ island belongs to this municipality)
Understand
The Baixada Fluminense region is the immediate periphery of Rio de Janeiro. Its urban area sprawled along the suburban train lines and the main highways of the capital and its continuous surrounding areas. This expansion occurred more intensely along axes towards ItaguaĆ, in the west, Paracambi, in the northwest, and Duque de Caxias, in the north (following later towards Guapimirim, in the northeast). The region is located in the wide lowlands area to the north of the central municipality and to the south of the mountain range known as Serra do Mar, and includes the municipalities of Guapimirim, MagĆ©, Duque de Caxias, SĆ£o JoĆ£o de Meriti, Belford Roxo, NilĆ³polis, Mesquita, Nova IguaƧu, Queimados, Japeri, Paracambi, SeropĆ©dica and ItaguaĆ.
Get in
The major airports in the Rio de Janeiro state are GaleĆ£o - AntĆ“nio Carlos Jobim International Airport (GIG IATA). and Santos Dumont Airport (SDU IATA)., and the main long-distance bus station is RodoviĆ”ria Novo Rio., so it is very likely that someone arrives in Rio's metro area through the capital city. In this case, there are lots of urban lines of several means of public transport that links directly the metropolitan core to each one of the 13 municipalities of Baixada Fluminense.
Moreover, there is also the Terminal RodoviƔrio de Nova IguaƧu., a major bus station in Baixada Fluminense, and, depending on the place a visitor is coming from, he/she can arrive directly in this sub-region of the metropolitan area of Rio through it.
Get around
See
Environmental interest
- Ćrea de ProteĆ§Ć£o Ambiental de GericinĆ³-Mendanha - APA de GericinĆ³-Mendanha (GericinĆ³-Mendanha Environmental Protection Area)
- Reserva BiolĆ³gica do TinguĆ” - Rebio do TinguĆ” (TinguĆ” Biological Reserve)
- Parque Natural Municipal da Taquara (Municipal Natural Park of Taquara)
- Parque Nacional da Serra dos ĆrgĆ£os - PARNASO (Serra dos ĆrgĆ£os National Park)
- Ćrea de ProteĆ§Ć£o Ambiental de Guapimirim - APA de Guapimirim (Guapimirim Environmental Protection Area)
- Parque Natural Municipal BarĆ£o de MauĆ” (BarĆ£o de MauĆ” Municipal Natural Park)
- Parque Natural Municipal do CuriĆ³ (Municipal Natural Park of CuriĆ³)
- Orla de Coroa Grande (Coroa Grande shoreline)
- Praia da Igreja (Igreja beach) in Ilha da Madeira
- Rio Guandu (Guandu River)
- Rio Macacu (Macacu River)
- Praia de MauĆ” (MauĆ” beach)
Historical landmarks
- RuĆnas da Fazenda SĆ£o Bernardino (Ruins of the SĆ£o Bernardino Farm)
- Fazenda SĆ£o Bento do IguaƧu (Sao Bento do IguaƧu Farm)
- Catedral de Santo Antonio de Jacutinga (Cathedral of Santo Antonio de Jacutinga)
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Pilar (Church of Nossa Senhora do Pilar)
- Igreja CatĆ³lica Sant'Ana (Sant'Ana Catholic Church)
- Igreja de SĆ£o Judas Tadeu (Church of SĆ£o Judas Tadeu) in ImbariĆŖ
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora de FƔtima (Church of Nossa Senhora de FƔtima) in Parada AngƩlica
- Igreja de SĆ£o JoĆ£o Batista (Church of SĆ£o JoĆ£o Batista) in SĆ£o JoĆ£o de Meriti
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o (Church of Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o) in NilĆ³polis
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o (Church of Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o) in Belford Roxo
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o (Church of Nossa Senhora da ConceiĆ§Ć£o) in Queimados
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade (Church of Nossa Senhora da Piedade) in MagƩ
- Capela de Nossa Senhora dos RemƩdios (Chapel of Nossa Senhora dos RemƩdios)
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Church of Nossa Senhora Aparecida) in PiabetĆ”
- Capela SĆ£o Benedito (SĆ£o Benedito Chapel) in Coroa Grande
- RuĆnas do Porto da Estrela (Ruins of Porto da Estrela)
- Antiga estaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria Guia de PacobaĆba (Old Guia de PacobaĆba train station)
- Estrada de Ferro MauĆ” (MauĆ” Railway)
- EstaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria de Belford Roxo e a antiga Estrada de Ferro Rio d'Ouro (Belford Roxo train station and the old Rio d'Ouro Railway)
- EstaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria de Japeri (Japeri train station)
- EstaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria de Paracambi (Paracambi train station)
- Antiga estaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria de ItaguaĆ (Old ItaguaĆ train station)
- RuĆnas da estaĆ§Ć£o ferroviĆ”ria de Coroa Grande (Ruins of Coroa Grande train station)
- PrĆ©dio da Companhia TĆŖxtil Brasil Industrial (Building of Brazil Industrial Textile Company)
- Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro)