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Introducing Brasília

Brazil’s futuristic capital is the closest attempt on earth to a create a modern utopia. It’s the result of a long-harnessed Brazilian dream of an inland capital, carved out of nowhere in the 1950s in a spectacular feat of urban planning, architectural design and political prophecy.

The purpose-built city and its surrounding area, known as the Distrito Federal (DF), occupies part of the Brazilian central plateau – the Planalto – totaling 5802 sq km, with rolling hills and a large artificial lake, Paranoá. Wide-open, spectacular cerulean skies characterize the whole area, a picturesque backdrop to Brasília’s clean-lined design and marvelous architecture.

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Brasilia at night.
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Brasilia at night.

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  • Diego Lezama
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  • Detail of the curved columns of Brasilia Cathedral with the Four Disciple statues at the entrance
  • Interior, Brasilia Cathedral.
  • Statue of Tiradentes with National Pantheon behind.
  • Inside the main chapel of the Church of Brasilia in Brazil.
  • House of Deputies with national flag at Congresso Nacional.
  • Cars on Esplanada de los Ministerios.
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