Passeio Público, Urban park in Lapa district, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Passeio Público is a park in Rio de Janeiro's Lapa district, laid out by Master Valentim from 1779 on land reclaimed from the Lagoa do Boqueirão. Its Rococo iron gate carries the effigies of Queen Maria I and King Pedro III with the inscription Maria Iª et Petrus III Brasiliae Regibus 1783. Inside, two granite pyramids with Portuguese Lioz stone medallions flank the Fonte dos Amores, whose basin holds two intertwined bronze caimans.

The park was commissioned in 1779 and completed by Master Valentim in 1783 after the Lagoa do Boqueirão lagoon was filled in. This project transformed a polluted water area into public green space during the colonial period of Rio de Janeiro.

The entrance gate displays Rococo styling with portraits of Queen Maria I and King Pedro III of Portugal, reflecting the Portuguese colonial period. Throughout the park, visitors notice inscriptions and details that mark this European heritage in Rio's urban center.

The park lies in the Lapa neighbourhood, close to Cinelândia, and is entered through the Rococo iron gate bearing the effigies of Maria I and Pedro III. The 2004 renovation restored Glaziou's winding paths and added drainage and new lighting. Near the main gate, marks in the ground show the size of the round lake that was filled in.

The two granite pyramids flanking the park carry medallions of Portuguese Lioz stone inscribed Saudade do Rio and Ao Amor do Público, added by Master Valentim in 1806. The bronze caimans of the Fonte dos Jacarés were among the first figures cast in Rio, and the fountain's bronze coconut tree and egrets have since disappeared.