Brasilia

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Brasilia 49 anos
Helga design
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Itamaraty Palace Ministry of External Relations
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Brasilia ! agua, cimento e vidro!water, cement
and glass!
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Brasília 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.
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The Cathedral
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Brazilian Army Headquarter
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National Theatre "Cláudio Santoro".
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Inside stairs
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Bus Station Platform and shopping mall.
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Supreme Federal Court of Brazil
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'Palace of Justice'
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The JK Bridge
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Vip residences..
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Brazil's Three Powers
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The Congress
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Distances 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).
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Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace of
the President of Brazil
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Palácio do Planalto
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The power ramp
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Palacio 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.
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Alvorada's Chapel
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South Façade of the Alvorada, the reflecting pool
and the bronze sculpture by Cheschiatti
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The 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
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Procuradoria-Geral da República
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Dom Bosco Blue Church
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Blue inside
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Artificial Lake
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