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Juiz de Fora

Juiz de Fora, also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the state border with Rio de Janeiro.

Juiz de Fora
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The place

Juiz de Fora, also known as J.F., is a city in the southeastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, approximately 40 kilometres (25 mi) from the state border with Rio de Janeiro. As of the 2022 census the population was 540,756. The geographical area of the municipality is 1,437 km2 (555 sq mi).

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What is there

Worth seeing in and around Juiz de Fora

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    St. Anthony Cathedral, Juiz de Fora

    The St. Anthony Cathedral Also Juiz de Fora Cathedral Is a Catholic church located in the city of Juiz de Fora, in the South American country of Brazil.

    200 m · church building in Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Mariano Procópio Museum

    The Mariano Procópio Museum is a museum of art, history and the natural sciences located in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Founded in 1915 by Alfredo Ferreira Lage, it was the first museum ever built in Minas Gerais, and the third museum ever built in Brazil.

    2 km · ecological museum in Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Federal University of Juiz de Fora

    The Federal University of Juiz de Fora is a public research university in Brazil. Throughout its over 50 years of existence, the university has undergone significant growth, strengthening the quality of undergraduate and graduate education while maintaining its role as an agent of community development.

    2.5 km · public university in the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

See

What Wikivoyage says to see

Museu Mariano Procópio, R. Mariano Procópio, 1100 - Mariano Procópio,. Tue-Fri 09:00-16:00, Sat Sun 10:30-16:00. The museum counts itself as one of the principal exhibitions of the imperial period of Brazil. Museu de Arte Murilo Mendes, R. Benjamin Constant, 790 - Santa Helena. Tue-Sat 08:00-18:00, Sun 13:00-18:00. It houses the library and visual arts collection of Modernist poet Murilo Mendes. Morro do Imperador

From Wikivoyage: Juiz de Fora, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Eat

Where to eat

Budi, Rua São Mateus, 103,. São Mateus, (vegetarian) Cachaçaria Pinga Nu Ninho, Rua Roberto Stiegert, 31,. São Pedro. Cantina e Pizzaria Gordeixo´s, Rua São Mateus, 38,. São Mateus, Estação Geraes, Rua Santo Antônio, 650. Centro (at Rua Floriano Peixoto). Kibe Mauad, Av. Sete de Setembro, 412,. Costa Carvalho, (quibe) Kidelícia Churraskilo, Rua Santa Rita, 361,. Centro, Mary Milk, Av. Independência, 2,.

From Wikivoyage: Juiz de Fora, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.

Go there

Getting to Juiz de Fora

Airports
Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim (GIG), 117 km · Santos Dumont (SDU), 129 km · Tancredo Neves (CNF), 245 km
Stations
Juiz de Fora Airport, 5.1 km
  • Rio De Janeiro → Juiz de Fora
    128 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · R$49–65
  • Rio de Janeiro → Juiz de Fora
    128 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · R$49–65
  • Belo Horizonte → Juiz de Fora
    214 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · R$70–95
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Juiz de Fora. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

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