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February 20, 2022

Jorge Selarón, born 1947 in Chile, has the

Selarón staircase, worked over the years.

The Escadaria Selarón has around 250 steps and is around 125 meters long, decorated with tiles and mirrors from all over the world. consists of and is decorated with tiles, ceramic tiles from all over the world and pieces of mirrors.

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Natalie 🌎👣 Weltenbummlerin

January 31, 2023

Popular destination. A long, colorful staircase full of beautiful motif and country tiles leads upwards in a side street. A detour is worthwhile. There are a few stalls along the way and delicious caipirinhas in different flavors are offered.

Due to the increased police presence and the large number of tourists on site, you feel very safe. Of course, you should never lose sight of your valuables.

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Andi

April 1, 2024

Escadaria Selarón, locally known as the 'Lapa Steps' (Escadaria da Lapa) for being situated at the "Lapa" neighborhood, is a set of world-famous steps in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They are the work of Chilean-born artist Jorge Selarón who claimed it as "my tribute to the Brazilian people".

In 1990, Selarón began renovating dilapidated steps that ran along the front of his house. At first, neighbours mocked him for his choice of colours as he covered the steps in fragments of blue, green and yellow tiles – the colours of the Brazilian flag. It started out as a side-project to his main passion, painting, but soon became an obsession. He found he was constantly out of money, so Selarón sold paintings to fund his work. It was long and exhausting work but he continued on and eventually covered the entire set of steps in tiles, ceramics and mirrors.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escadaria_Selar%C3%B3n

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