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Alameda dos Estados - Brazilian States Flags In front of the National Congress building is the Alameda dos Estados a gallery of flag poles of Brazilian states shows the flags of the 26 Brazilian States and the federal district. Brazil was a colony of Portugal from the landing of Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500 until i...
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National Theater The National Theater, by Oscar Niemeyer, in the shape of a truncated pyramid, is adorned with an array of concrete cubes and rectangles designed by Brazilian architect Athos Bulcão. It has 3,608 panes of glass on the east and west sides, and hundreds of white cubes with varying dimensions on the no...
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Brasilia Eixinho
What makes Brasilia unique -- besides its amazing architecture -- is the city's layout. Two main traffic arteries divide the city. One (Eixo Monumental), runs dead straight east/west; the other (Eixo Rodoviario - closed for traffic on Sundays and holidays) r...-
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Brasilia JK Memorial
Project by Oscar Niemeyer. The tomb of JK (President Juscelino Kubitschek) lies underneath eerily beautiful stained-glass by French artist Marianne Peretti inside the Memorial JK. The museum houses JK's 3,000-book strong personal library as well as a pic...-
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Igrejinha Church
The Igreja Nossa Senhora de Fátima, or 'Our Lady of Fatima Church', was the first church to be built in Brasilia. It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and looking like a cross between a nun's wimple and a marquee. The outside walls are decorated by a panel of ...-
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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 undergr...-
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The National Congress and the Itamaraty Palace (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) buildings in Brasilia, by Oscar Niemeyer.
Itamaraty Palace
Ministry of Foreign Affairs HQ, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1962, this is a favourite of many visitors and residents, and includes a se...-
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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 obse...-
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Brasilia - JK Bridge
The Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge also known as the President JK Bridge or just the JK Bridge, crosses Lake Paranoá in Brasília, D.F. It is named for Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, former president of Brazil, who in the late 1950s decided to build Bra...-
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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. The National Library of Brasília occupies an area of 14,000 m², consisting of reading an...
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