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Photo Gallery: Iconic Rio de Janeiro Part of the Places of a Lifetime series from Traveler magazine
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It’s hard to sit still at Maracanã Stadium, one of the largest soccer arenas on the planet. It will probably host the final game when the World Cup comes to Brazil in 2014.
Photograph by Ricardo Beliel/BrazilPhotos

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