Morro da Providência

Morro da Providência ("Providence Hill") is a favela located between the two Rio de Janeiro districts of Santo Cristo and Gamboa.

It has an altitude of 115 metres[1] and is located in the port area of the city (currently the subject of a major revitalization known as the Porto Maravilha).

"The granite hump of Providencia gazes down like a stern guardian on the old port of Rio de Janeiro.

In frustration and desperation, the soldiers invaded the hill scrub land close to the (then) Ministry of War.

The hill was initially named Morro da Favela after the favela plant, a skin-irritating bush belonging to the spurge family, which is indigenous to the region where the soldiers fought against the Canudos settlers in the eastern province of Bahia.