In 1905, Oswaldo Cruz began the first efforts to build what he envisioned to be a symbol of Science and Public Health in Brazil.

Main building of the Núcleo Arquitetônico Histórico (NAHM) of Manguinhos, the Moorish Castle of Fiocruz was built in 1918 on a hill in the old farm of Manguinhos, facing Guanabara Bay, to replace the old and improvised facilities of the Instituto Seroterápico Federal, created on May 25, 1900.

Today, on the banks of Avenida Brasil, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, the centenary building proves to have fulfilled the mission desired by the patron of the Fiocroz. Check below the honors of the IOC to the highest icon of the Institute and the Fiocroz.

Manguinhos Castle: 100 years of a dream

In an audiovisual chronicle, IOC pays homage to the greatest symbol of the Institute and the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Secrets of an Icon

Get to know curiosities and picturesque facts about the Castle of Manguinhos, which celebrates a century in 2018

Pathology Museum rehearses reopening to the public

Created by Oswaldo Cruz, the museum that houses pieces of unique value is preparing to resume visitation in a new space

Opportunity to appreciate the scientific and aesthetic value of insects

'Costa Lima Entomological Exhibition Room' is one of the attractions of Manguinhos Castle, which completes a century in 2018

Tradition and modernity in scientific publishing

Castelo de Manguinhos hosts the journal 'Memories of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute', internationally recognized in the fields of tropical medicine and parasitology