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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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This panorama was taken from Grandvaux Switzerland and over looks Lake Geneva. The hills on the left are the Lavaux vineyard terraces that are a UNESCO Hertigage Site. These South facing vineyard make some of the best Swiss wines. Across from Lake Geneva are the French Alps or the right and the SwissAlps on the l...
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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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Panorama of the historical center of Torun. The colorfull illumination of the medieval old town was installed for Light Festival,Skyway (2009) Somewhere behind the Old City walls , a famous astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus was born in 1473. See also : Same place in a winter day www.gigapan.org/gigapans/6...
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Totally destroyed in WWII, rebuild after 1945. Warsaw old town was added to UNESCO's world heritage list in 1980. www.panoramio.com/user/1912325
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The Gasshozukuri Minkaen is the Open Air Museum, situated across the river from the small village center. It was opened in 1990 and is the preserver of the gorgeous and picturesque farm houses from the hands of destruction.
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The Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of the President of Brazil. It is located at the Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília. The President and his family, however, do not live in it; the official residence of the President is the Palácio da Alvorada. The architect of the Palácio do Planalto was Oscar ...
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