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Aug 21, 2020 · August 21, 2020. Oscar Niemeyer’s Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília, the official residence of the Brazilian president. Photo: Alamy. There are few cities in the world that fascinate architecture...
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It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to replace Rio de Janeiro as the national capital. Brasília is estimated to be Brazil's third-most populous city after São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. [2] Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita.
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Brasília, city, federal capital of Brazil. It is located in the Federal District (Distrito Federal) carved out of Goiás state on the central plateau of Brazil. At an elevation of some 3,500 feet (1,100 metres), it lies between the headwaters of the Tocantins, Paraná, and São Francisco rivers. Because of its unique city plan and architecture, as wel...
Brasília’s inhabitants include both foreigners (notably ambassadorial staff) and Brazilians, some of whom came from economically impoverished areas in the Northeast to take part in the city’s building. Later, many more moved from Rio de Janeiro and other urban centres to staff the myriad government agencies. The population of both central and satel...
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Apr 21, 2020 · Getty Images. On 21 April 1960 President Juscelino Kubitschek led the inauguration ceremony for Brazil's purpose-built capital Brasilia - replacing Rio de Janeiro as the federal capital...
Dec 6, 2023 · Building Brasília from HENI Talks on YouTube. 1955. Brazil. A man – Juscelino Kubitschek – campaigning to be president made a promise to the people to construct an entirely new capital city from scratch, to create modern heart for the fledgling country.
Jun 18, 2014 · Together with the town planner Lucio Costa and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, Niemeyer designed and built the core of Brasilia – a capital city promised in Brazil’s 1891...
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The Palácio do Planalto ( Portuguese pronunciation: [paˈlasju du plaˈnawtu]) in Brasília is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. [1] . The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1958 and inaugurated on 21 April 1960. It has been the workplace of every Brazilian president since Juscelino Kubitschek.
