The history of the temple begins in the 16th century, when Rio de Janeiro was a small village, with buildings concentrated in the region between Morro do Castelo and Morro de São Bento. These two hills

Barra da Tijuca as a neighborhood and urban area has a recent history. The place only began to develop urbanistically and gain momentum in the 1970s, when the Barra Shopping Mall and the large condominiums