Title: Brasilia
1Brasilia 49 anos
Helga design
2Itamaraty Palace Ministry of External Relations
3Brasilia ! agua, cimento e vidro!water, cement
and glass!
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5Brasília is the capital of Brazil. The city and
its District are located in the Central-West
region of the country, along a plateau known as
Planalto Central. It has a population of about
2.557,000 (3.599,000 in the metropolitan area) as
of the 2008-IBGE estimate, making it the fourth
largest city in Brazil The city was planned and
developed in 1956 with Lúcio Costa as the
principal urban planner and Oscar Niemeyer as the
principal architect. In 1960, it formally became
Brazil's national capital. When seen from above,
the main planned part of the city's shape
resembles an airplane or a butterfly. It is
listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
6The Cathedral
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11Brazilian Army Headquarter
12National Theatre "Cláudio Santoro".
13Inside stairs
14Bus Station Platform and shopping mall.
15Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
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17'Palace of Justice'
18The JK Bridge
19Vip residences..
20Brazil's Three Powers
21The Congress
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24Distances São Paulo 1,020 km (630 mi)
Rio de Janeiro 1,160 km (720 mi) Salvador
1,540 km (960 mi) Florianópolis 1,700 km
(1,100 mi) Porto Alegre 2,080 km (1,290 mi)
Belém 2.130 km (1,320 mi) Natal 2.383 km
(1480 mi).
25Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of
the President of Brazil
26Palácio do Planalto
27The power ramp
28Palacio da Alvorada Dawn Palace, official
residence of the President of BrazilThe Alvorada
Palace, official residence designed by architect
Oscar Niemeyer, is a building of 7.3 thousand
meters, with six suites (the largest is 120
meters), movie theaters and music, a gym, heated
Olympic swimming pool, sauna with room for
massages and a wine cellar for at least 2
thousand bottles.
29Alvorada's Chapel
30South Façade of the Alvorada, the reflecting pool
and the bronze sculpture by Cheschiatti
31The Palácio da Alvorada is the official residence
of the President of Brazil. The palace was
designed, along with the rest of the city of
Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in
1958. One of the first structures built in the
republic's new capital city, the "Alvorada" lies
on a peninsula at the margins of Lake Paranoá
32Procuradoria-Geral da República
33Dom Bosco Blue Church
34Blue inside
35Artificial Lake
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