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It was already from century XIX when the first documents exist that reflect the intention to create one capital inside the country, but was not until the 21 of April of 1960 when the city of Brasilia was inaugurated, after 2,000 days of intense works, and fulfilling the decision taken by the then president of the country Juscelino Kubitschek that summoned a contest to select the creators of the project of the city, thus the city planner Lucio Coast and the architect were chosen Oscar Niemeyer who signs main architectonic works of the new city.
Pretendia to impel the colonization of the rear area and on the other to equip the nation with one capital and soothes of totally new central government, and thus to finish with the dispute between the two great cities of Brazil: Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, each one of as looked for himself a greater protagonism in the country.
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At first one thought that Brasilia dejaria of being the capital of the country with the arrival to the power of the military in the decade of 1960, mainly because who habian be the protagonists of the construction of Brasilia they were of communist tendency, but was not thus prevailed other reasons you practice and of development of the economy, and the city seguió staying like capital of the country to the present time.
Projected initially to welcome around 500,000 inhabitants, the city counts at the moment with more than 600,000 in the projected area initial and more than 1.400.000 in all the suburbs, which represents a little more 2 million inhabitants, who coexist democratically, politicians of diverse tendencies, diplomats of the most distant countries, officials government of all the steps, etc.
Brasilia shares with cities like Saint Petersburg, Washington, DC, Canberra or Putrajaya, the particularitity of to be constructed of the anything, becoming directly a great city.
Located in the Center-West region, in an extension yielded by the State of Goiás, Brasilia is bordered by the Preto rivers, to the east, and Descoberto, to the west.
The Brazilian capital is most well-known between the cities planned in this century and is a model of contemporary urbanism and the modern architecture.
Brasilia concentrates the greater number of works of art by meter squared of the most met artists Brazilian.
The new Federal District attracted thousands of workers of all the regions of the country, “the candangos� calls, people in charge of the construction of the city. 27 years after its foundation, the effort of which collaborated in this work obtained their recognition by UNESCO declaring in 1987 to Brasilia like Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity.
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Recommended visits
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One of the visited zones more is the Esplanade of the Ministries and the Place of the Three Powers, since great amount of buildings and monuments are concentrated as the National Congress (it soothes of the Legislative power), the Palace of the Planalto, the Supreme Judicial Court, the Palace gives Dawn, the Metropolitan Cathedral, the Palace of Justice and the Itamaraty Palace, among others buildings.
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In the Gardens of Marx Deceives, are the statues of Ceschiatti, panels of Athos Bulcão, mural of I gave to Cavalcanti and sculptures of Dark brown Giorgi.
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If by something also it emphasizes Brasilia it is by his museums, in the city are 24 museums that reveal their own history and the trajectory of the country. Between these, they emphasize the Memorial JK, Museum do Catetinho, Museum of the Indian and Museum of Arts and Traditions of the Northeast.
In the neighborhood of Brasilia:
- A total of 42% of the territory of the Federal District is formed by zones of environmental protection, which means that it is an ideal place for the practice of the eco-tourism, with landscapes of extraordinary beauty where the cascades, natural grottos, swimming pools, caverns, rich fauna abound and flora, etc. We emphasized the National Park of Brasilia that includes the river basins of the rivers Torto and Banana plantation and presents/displays a vegetation formed by fields, closed and ciliary bushes, besides two mineral water swimming pools in constant renovation and one optimal infrastructure. She is one reserves environmental, where one is a museum with the species of local fauna and flora, in addition from privileged places to observation is possible to be contemplated and to photograph, is photographic an ideal place to realize “Safaris� it practices and it of the eco-tourism. Besides the Blue Poço, with its limpid and bluish waters, the Cascade of Mumunhas has formed within a quartz rock and finally, with its natural swimming pools and an injured relief.
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Photographic gallery
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