Morro da Babilônia, Mountain summit in Leme district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Morro da Babilônia is a hill in Leme, Rio de Janeiro, separating Copacabana beach from Botafogo. It rises to 220 metres and is covered by Atlantic Forest, part of a protected area created in 1996. Two favelas, Babilônia and Chapéu Mangueira, occupy its slopes. At the top, the Pedra do Urubu clearing offers views of Flamengo, Red Beach and Sugarloaf Mountain.

In the 18th century, Portuguese colonizers built a fortress at the summit to watch over the entrance to Guanabara Bay. During World War II, the Brazilian Army reinforced and expanded this military structure.

The favela's name may come from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which soldiers were reminded of by the hill's rock and forest layers, or from a Brahma brewery bar called Babilônia at the old tram stop. Since 2014 the Mural Babilônia mosaic, about 140 square meters on a retention wall, has been a tourist reference, with lamp posts "A Morena" and "A Bandeira" and the slogan "Educação é o que você faz, quando ninguém olha."

The trail to Pedra do Urubu covers 3 km one way, or 4 km if you return to the start, with a 200 m climb. At the top, a clearing offers room to sit and look toward Flamengo, Praia Vermelha and Sugarloaf. The path passes old army observation structures and reforested Atlantic Forest.

The name may come from the brewery Brahma, which had a bar at the now-vanished tramway station nearby and sold a beer called Babilônia. A second explanation points to the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which the layered rock and forest recalled to early soldiers.