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Brasilia Catedral Cathedral of Brasília Following the main axis you will come to Brasilia’s Cathedral, a striking building, by Oscar Niemeyer, whose arched columns sweep up from the ground. His 1958 is an explosion of light framed in a crown of thorns. The mostly underground cathedral has sixteen curved column...
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Brasília Flores do Cerrado e Catedral Cathedral of Brasília Following the main axis you will come to Brasilia’s Cathedral, a striking building, by Oscar Niemeyer, whose arched columns sweep up from the ground. His 1958 is an explosion of light framed in a crown of thorns. The mostly underground cathedral has ...
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vol 2 issue 2
Brasilia Homelessness
During the last twenty years, poverty levels have exploded along with the urban population. Thus, the homeless have become a dramatic feature of the Brazilian urban landscape. In Brasilia as in other Brazilian cities, their number are increasing, and so...-
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Behind the congressional buildings is the Three Powers Plaza with a splendid dovecote, also designed by Oscar Niemeyer, and a massive flagpole put up later by the country's military rulers. There is a small museum, a statue (the Warriors or Dois Cangangos) by the Brazilian sculptor Bruno Giorgi to the men who construct...
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Brasilia Museu Nacional (National Museum)
The Complexo Cultural da República, a project by Oscar Niemeyer, is formed by the National Library of Brasília and the National Museum of the Republic. It is situated in the Eixo Monumental, next to the Cathedral of Brasília.
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Brasilia Rodoviária (bus station) The bus hub in the center of town, where the Eixo Monumental and Eixo Rodoviario intersect, is called the Rodoviaria. All city buses go through the Rodoviaria. “Born at a time when fuel was cheap and plentiful, Brasilia is a city where the car is king and pedestrians regularly...
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The National Congress Building Brazil's bicameral National Congress consists of the Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (the lower house). Since the 1960s, the National Congress has its seat in Brasília. As with most of the official buildings in the city, it was designed by Oscar Niemeyer f...
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Behind the congressional buildings is the Three Powers Plaza with a splendid dovecote, also designed by Oscar Niemeyer, and a massive flagpole put up later by the country's military rulers. There is a small museum, a statue (the Warriors or Dois Cangangos) by the Brazilian sculptor Bruno Giorgi to the men who construct...
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TV Tower by Lúcio Costa. Located on Brasilia's Monumental Axis, the Television Tower rises out of the center of town, and from its top you can see the entire city. There are other attractions around the tower, like a crafts fair. The tower was completed in 1967 (the observation platform was opened in 1965) with 218 ...
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Brasília Museu Histórico Behind the congressional buildings in the Three Powers Plaza, also designed by Oscar Niemeyer, there is a small museum, called Museu Histórico de Brasilia. One can read, engraved in the marble, texts about Brasilia’s history. At the far right of this panorama you can see a statue of the ...
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