Ipanema, is an affluent neighborhood located in the South Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach of Ipanema became widely known by the song " The Girl from Ipanema " written in 1962 by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius de Moraes. History: Most of the land that Ipanema consists of today once belonged to Jose Antonio Moreira Filho, Baron of Ipanema. The w
ord " Ipanema " did not refer originally to the beach, but to the homeland of the Baron at São Paulo. It's popularity has seen a resurgence with Diana Krall's song " Boy from Ipanema" released in 2008.
