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Manguinhos Library Park
Manguinhos Library Park (Portuguese: Biblioteca-Parque de Manguinhos) is a library and park complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The library opened on April 29, 2010. It contains over 25,000 books, 900 DVDs and 3 million songs, and also has a theatre that seats 200 people, a music room, classrooms, and a “Meu Bairro” ("My neighborhood") room created for community member meetings.[1] It is located in Manguinhos, a favela in the neighborhood of Benfica. Benfica is in what is known as the "North Zone" of Rio de Janeiro. The creation of a "library park" complex was inspired by the library parks of Colombia, which were created as cultural projects in the less affluent neighborhoods of Medellín to promote social inclusion.[2] .jpg) .jpg) The library's design is meant to be inviting. Its exterior is painted dark-pink with white doors and windows.[3] The Minister of Culture, Juca Ferreira, and the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sergio Cabral, attended the inauguration of the first library park. DescriptionThe Library-Park Manguinhos occupies an area of 3300 m2 of a former Army Supply Depot. It serves 16 communities in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, with a population of approximately 100,000. The place was urbanized and transformed into the place with the highest concentration of social facilities in a poor community in the city. The cultural complex has library for books and film, a reading room for people with visual impairments, digital music collection, movie theater, cafeteria, and free internet access. The Ministry of Culture has invested £2.5 million to equip the Manguinhos Library-Park. The equipment had a total investment of $8.6 million, of which R$7.4 million from the Federal Government and R$1.2 million contribution from the state government. See alsoReferences
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