[Panorama of Lapa]

View taken from Morro de Santo Antônio towards Morro da Glória; on the left, a stretch of Passeio Público; in the middle, the Church of Nossa Senhora do Carmo da Lapa, built in 1810; on the right, Arcos da Carioca; in the background, on the left, Morro da Glória, highlighting the Church of Nossa Senhora da Glória do Outeiro; underneath, a stretch of Praia da Glória, highlighting the chimney of the City Improvements company, inaugurated in 1864 (this company, of mixed British and Brazilian capital, took care, by government concession, to install water and sewage pipes in Rio de Janeiro ); on the right, Morro de Santa Teresa.