# Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A purpose-built parade ground designed by Oscar Niemeyer and opened in 1984, where Rio's samba schools compete each Carnival. Its 700-meter avenue seats around 90,000 spectators between concrete grandstands.

## Roots Earth

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Coordinates: -22.91122, -43.19775

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