PRAISE

COPACABANA BEACH

CopacabaNa beach, located in the Zona Sul(Southern Zone) of the city of Rio de Janeiro and very famous. The district was originally called Sacopenapa which means the way of Socos (a kind of bird) until the mid 18TH CENTURY when it was renamed after the  constructiom of a chapel holding the replica of the virgen de Copacabana, Patron saint of Bolivia. Beyond Copacabana, there are 2small beaches: one inside Fort Copacabana and other, right after it: DIABO ('DEVIL') beach. Arpuador beach comes in sequence followed by famous borough of Ipanema