Neymar lives on one of the hills where the largest water reservoir in Latin America was excavated Disclosure/Sabesp and Reproduction/Instagram Neymar Jr. lives with his family in Morro Santa Terezinha, in Santos, on the coast of São Paulo. Anyone who sees the region with million-dollar mansions and armed security cannot imagine that the largest treated water reservoir in the form of a tunnel in Latin America operates inside it. With capacity to store 110 million liters, the tunnel was excavated in granite gneiss rocks that are around 600 million years old, the same formation as Sugarloaf Mountain, in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). The structure goes from Morro Santa Terezinha to Morro Voturuá, in São Vicente (SP). ?Click here to follow the g1 Santos channel on WhatsApp. To g1, Sabesp informed that the Santa Tereza-Voturuá Reservoir-Tunnel serves Santos and São Vicente, in addition to reinforcing the supply of Guarujá and Praia Grande. Also according to the company, the structure is strategic for water security in Baixada Santista. Morro Santa Terezinha Video shows the interior of Neymar Jr.'s luxurious mansion in Santos. This is a region where Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, also had a residence, but which most Santos fans have only heard about. This is because access to the Morro Santa Terezinha condominium is restricted. Guests of the owners need prior authorization and only enter after completing personal and vehicle registration, upon presentation of a document. When Neymar returned to Santos Futebol Clube and bought three mansions on the hill, Kauê Miranda, who is a real estate agent specializing in high-end properties, told g1 that the hill had approximately 150 houses, with some still under construction. According to the expert, values ??vary between R$6 million and R$40 million, depending on the size of the land, sea view, architecture of the house and state of conservation [whether it is renovated or not]. g1 also gathered some interesting facts about the region. Check it out below: View of Morro Santa Terezinha, in Santos (SP) Kauê Miranda ??Morro Santa Terezinha offers a panoramic view of the entire coastline of the cities of Santos and São Vicente. ?The region is surrounded by an extensive area of ??Atlantic forest, home to saruês, lizards, marmosets, as well as rare species of birds. ?The condominium has a chapel, where a mass takes place every month and only residents can attend. Some property owners in the region have already gotten married there. ?The hill has armed security and a monitoring system. In addition, there is a van that runs every hour to transport employees from the residences. Condominium street is painted for the World Cup with security help from Bruna Biancardi Fans celebrate the World Cup call-up in front of Neymar's condominium Discover the mansion where the player celebrated the World Cup call-up Morro Voturuá Torch descends from 'Asa Delta' of Morro do Voturuá, in São Vicente Antonio Marcos/g1 The tunnel goes from Morro Santa Terezinha to Morro Voturuá, which is also known as Asa Delta or Itararé. According to São Vicente City Hall, the highest point of the site is 180 meters high, which provides a panoramic view of Baixada Santista. Access is on the border with the city of Santos, by climbing Morro do José Menino. The place is also used by hang gliding practitioners. In fact, the Olympic torch went up Voturuá by cable car and came down on a paraglider, in 2016. Discover the Reservoir-Tunnel Santa Tereza/Voturuá tunnel was built in 1981 Disclosure/Sabesp Construction began in 1979 and ended in 1981, being carried out simultaneously on the side of the two cities. As previously disclosed by Sabesp, the tunnel was built 42 meters above the sea so that the supply would be by gravity, saving resources with electrical energy. The reservoir is more than a kilometer long and is divided into two chambers, each about 13 meters high and 15 meters wide. See what the maximum capacity is equivalent to: ?220 million 500 ml water bottles; ?44 Olympic swimming pools with 2.5 million liters of water; ?55 thousand tanker trucks with a capacity of 2 thousand liters. Entrance to the Santa Tereza-Voturuá Reservoir-Tunnel Collection A Tribuna g1 also gathered some interesting facts about the reservoir, according to information from the Santos Archive and Memory Foundation. See below: ?During the works to build the reservoir, the stones removed from the hills were used to form the Submarine Outfall; ?Studies have identified that the rock mass where the tunnel was inserted has a geological age of approximately 600 million years; ??The tunnel is made up of gneiss granite rocks, the same formation as Sugarloaf Mountain, in Rio de Janeiro. The quality of the material allowed the use of the local structure itself. VIDEOS: g1 in 1 minute Santos
Neymar lives on one of the hills where the largest water reservoir in Latin America was excavated
Neymar lives on one of the hills where the largest water reservoir in Latin America was excavated Disclosure/Sabesp and Reproduction/Instagram Neymar Jr. lives with his family in Morro Santa Terezinha, in Santos, on the...