Cidade do Samba (Portuguese, Samba City), formally known as Cidade do Samba Joãosinho Trinta, is a complex of buildings in the neighborhood of Gamboa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is used for Samba schools to prepare for carnival. About fourteen of the major samba schools have a warehouse in the complex.
February 2011 fire On the early morning of Monday February 7, 2011, four weeks before carnival, a fire broke out in the buildings. The warehouses contain many costumes and floats, often composed with inflammable materials. Some 8400 costumes and twenty floats, belonging to three samba schools, might be lost
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References
External links Cidade do Samba at CidadeDoSambaRJ.com.br Cidade do Samba at globo.com [https://liesa.globo.com/carnaval/ Carnaval] at [https://liesa.globo.com/ LIESA - Liga Independente das Escolas de Samba do Rio de Janeiro] at globo.com An aerial view of Cidade do Samba at Getty Images Cidade do Samba images at Getty Images Cidade do Samba video at YouTube Samba City 2011 Fire images at Getty Images