Escadaria Selarón
R. Manuel Carneiro – Santa Teresa,
Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 20241-120, Brazil
… more pix on Google Maps, TA
The colorful tiled steps is in the “Lapa” neighborhood, therefore, locals call it ‘Lapa Steps’ (Escadaria da Lapa).It’s the work of Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón (1947-2013), his tribute to the Brazilian people. He moved to Rio in 1980 and lived in a house next to the stairs, that leads up to the Convent of Santa Teresa. It took him 20 years to decorate the 215 stairs.
There is a small blue wall before we reached the stairs … thought it was interesting….
Reaching the top, Google Maps says another Ayrton Senna‘s statue is 5 minutes away. So we begin to walk.
Walk
More Walk
Never find it.
We ended up taking Uber from Santa Teresa Hill / neighborhood down to Canton for lunch.
