This multicultural legacy can be seen in the makeup of various neighbourhoods, such as Italian-influenced Bixiga and Japanese-influenced Liberdade.

BBC: Living in: S?o Paulo

Our hotel is the Tivoli Lisboa on the stately Avenida da Liberdade.

BBC: Postcard from Lisbon, Portugal

Concrete dust and smoke spread across the street in the early evening hours, causing passers by to run for their lives as the largest of the three buildings, a 20 story commercial tower called Edificio Liberdade (The Liberty Building), imploded right outside the famous Municipal Theater in downtown Rio.

FORBES: Three Buildings Collapse In Rio de Janeiro