Glória is a middle-class neighborhood of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It is located between the neighbourhoods of Centro and Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro.

In the 16th century, the base of Glória Hill was the site of a Tupí people village called Karioca.

[2] A 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge funicular[3] railway, first opened in 1945,[4] is employed to take visitors to the top of the hill.

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