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Rarely do you find foreigners who know that Rio was the capital of Brazil until 1960, when Brasília was inaugurated. However, few know that the city was the capital of a global empire. In 1808, with the flight of the Portuguese Royal Family and its court to Brazil, to get rid of Napoleon's troops, Rio was transformed into the capital of the Kingdom of Portugal and its extensive overseas empire.
