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  1. 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...

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  2. 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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  3. The Supreme Federal Tribunal, by Oscar Niemeyer, at the Praça dos Três Poderes. The sculpture in front of the Court is called A Justiça (The Justice), a piece by Alfredo Ceschiatti (1918 - 1989), the same artist who sculpted the angels which hang from the ceiling of the Cathedral of Brasilia. More about Brasili...

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  4. 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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  5. 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 h...

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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. www.gigapanmagazine.org Will open in a new tab or window vol 2 issue 2 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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