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Rio's historic sites no match for Olympic glory
Rio is littered with the beautiful, and decaying, remnants of its colonial past, historic buildings which suffer from neglect and in some cases have been left to the homeless and the elements. As the city seeks to spruce up its image ahead of the Olympic Games, there is debate about how to embrace the past while attending to the city's densely populated present.
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Rio's historic sites no match for Olympic glory
Rio is littered with the beautiful, and decaying, remnants of its colonial past, historic buildings which suffer from neglect and in some cases have been left to the homeless and the elements. As the city seeks to spruce up its image ahead of the Olympic Games, there is debate about how to embrace the past while attending to the city's densely populated present.
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