Cinelândia is the popular name of the region surrounding the Praça Floriano Peixoto, the center of the city of Rio de Janeiro. The square was located in a wide open during the construction of Central Avenue (now Avenida Rio Branco), occupying part of the site of the former Convent of Help, built in mid-eighteenth century and demolished in 1911. The idea of \u200b\u200bturning the new square, surrounded by buildings of the National Library, City Hall, the former Supreme Court, Monroe and the Palace Theatre in a Brazilian version of Times Square, came from businessman Francisco Serrador, a Spaniard living in Brazil and owner of casinos, cinemas, theaters and hotels. The name became popular Cinelândia during the '30s, when dozens of nightclubs, bars, restaurants, movie theaters and settled in the region, making it the benchmark for popular entertainment. The Municipal Theater was also the scene of some of the most important political events Brazil's history, as occurred on June 26, 1968, when a crowd gathered there took to the streets to protest the military dictatorship.
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