# Parque Lage > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Parque_Lage > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Parque_Lage.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parque_Lage > Source revision: 1356292842 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Park in Zona Sul, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Portuguese. (April 2013) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Portuguese article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must follow the LLM translation guideline, revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Portuguese Wikipedia article at [[:pt:Parque Lage]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|pt|Parque Lage}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation. Rustic landscape garden with tropical plants at Parque Lage **Parque Henrique Lage**, known as Parque Lage, is a public park in the city of [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), located in the [Jardim Botânico](/source/Jardim_Bot%C3%A2nico%2C_Rio_de_Janeiro) neighborhood at the foot of the [Corcovado](/source/Corcovado), on top of which [Christ the Redeemer](/source/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)) is located. The atrium of the mansion with café. Antonio Martins Lage, who was married to Felicité Clarisse de Labourdonnay, daughter of the Count of Labourdonnay, purchased the property in the early 1830s.[1] The rustic landscape garden, designed by John Tyndale and featuring an elaborate artificial grotto, dates to approximately 1840.[2] A secondary grotto contains a series of 12 aquarium tanks.[3] In the early 20th century, the estate became the residence of industrialist Henrique Lage and his wife, singer [Gabriella Besanzoni](/source/Gabriella_Besanzoni). During the 1920s, Lage had the mansion remodeled by [Italian](/source/Italy) architect [Mario Vodret](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mario_Vodret&action=edit&redlink=1), with interior paintings by Salvador Payols Sabaté. The National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute (IPHAN) listed Parque Lage, on June 14 1957, as a historical and cultural heritage site for the city of Rio de Janeiro.[4] In the 1960s, the land became a public park, with walking trails through subtropical forest. The [Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage](/source/Escola_de_Artes_Visuais_do_Parque_Lage) (Visual Arts School of Parque Lage) and a café open to the public operate from the former mansion. The mansion was used as the British Olympic Team hospitality house and is notably featured in the 2003 music video for [Snoop Dogg](/source/Snoop_Dogg)'s single "Beautiful". ## Beauty and attractions Rio de Janeiro offers its residents and [tourists](/source/Tourism) alike an exuberant natural environment combined with the modernity of a [large metropolis](/source/Metropolis). Parque Lage, in turn, boasts not only its natural sophistication, offering its visitors its beautiful forest, [imperial palm](/source/Roystonea_oleracea) trees, gardens built in the European style, [fountains](/source/Fountain) and benches for a good moment of relaxation, but also the sophistication and class of its [architectural ensemble](/source/Architectural_ensemble).[5] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Mantuano da Fonseca, Thiago Vinicius (2024). *Martins Lage e Mattos Costa: a formação de um negociante na praça do Rio de janeiro e em suas conexões atlânticas (1842-1857)* (in Portuguese). Universidade Estadual de Solobrinho – Bahia. p. 344. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Correia, Maria Rosa (2014). *Oficina de Estudos da Preservação*. IPHAN. p. 21. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Parque Lage"](https://www.riofilmcommission.com/en/locations/24460/). *Rio Film Commission*. Retrieved 2026-05-26. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["rioecultura - Coluna Patrimônio Histórico \[Leonardo Ladeira\] Os Encantos do Parque Lage"](http://www.rioecultura.com.br/coluna_patrimonio/coluna_patrimonio.asp?patrim_cod=4). *www.rioecultura.com.br*. Retrieved 2021-06-07. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Parque Lage"](https://www.parquelage.org/). *Parque Lage* (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-30. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Parque Lage](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Parque_Lage). - [Escola de Artes Visuais do Parque Lage](http://www.eavparquelage.org.br/) - [Plage Cafe](https://www.plagecafe.com.br/) - [Instituto Terra Brasil](https://web.archive.org/web/20071230233317/http://www.terrabrasil.org.br/) - [Parque Lage to Christ the Redeemer](https://www.weirdosabroad.com/hiking-christ-redeemer-corcovado.html/) [22°57′38″S 43°12′43″W / 22.9606°S 43.212°W / -22.9606; -43.212](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Parque_Lage¶ms=22.9606_S_43.212_W_source:kolossus-ptwiki) This article related to a protected area in Brazil is a stub. 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