in 1657, father josé martins de matos, vicar of the bishopric dedicated a chapel (then recently constructed, on the wooded lower slopes of corcovado, a site at the end of the street now called rua viuva lacerda) and opened the "caminho novo" (new path/way) to são clemente (st. clement). nowadays this path has become a major thoroughfare, rua são clemente, which passes through botafogo and humaitá.