Marechal Hermes
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Marechal Hermes is a suburb of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a working class suburb situated in the North region of Rio surrounded by Bento Ribeiro, Campos dos Afonsos, Deodouro and Guadalupe. It takes its name from a ex-president of Brazil: Marechal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca, marechal being the highest possible Army rank in Brazil.
Marechal, as it is known locally, gained from being a "planned" suburb. With wide avenues, a cinema, a theatre, a large hospital and a big church. Many of its original inhabitants were military men in view of the Army and Airforce headquarters nearby in Deodoro and Campos dos Afonsos respectively.
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