Marvellous scenery

Known to locals as “a cidade maravilhosa” (“marvellous city”), Rio won its reputation thanks to the landscape, which brings together buildings and favelas against a backdrop of lush natural scenery. But what if there had been no human intervention? Pass your mouse (or your finger, if using a touch screen) over the photo, erase the buildings and see what the landscape of the current Aterro do Flamengo looked like in 1565