About Brasilia

Places to be visited for analysing the architecture :• Monumental Axis • National Congress of Brasil• Three Powers plaza• Presidential office• Supreme Court• Ministers buildings• National Museum and National Library• Cathedral of Brasília• Memorials• Residential sectors• National Garden• Etc….

About Brasilia

• Brasilia is the federal capital of brazil .• Well known Landmark in the history of town planning .• Brasília is chosen as a UNESCO world heritage site due to its modernist architecture in 1987.

• It looks like a flying bird or airplane from Arial view .• Wings of the airplane are Asa Norte and Asa Sul, designed to accommodate the residents of Brasilia• From east to west these wings are divided by a monumental axis

About Brasilia

Wing : Asa Norte , Residential Area

Wing : Asa Sul ,Residential Area

Monumental Axis,Political and administration

unit

National Congress of Brazil• National Congress of Brazil contains

1. Federal Senate (the upper house)2. Chamber of Deputies (the lower house)

• The building is located in the middle of the Monumental Axis• Designed by Oscar Niemeyer[(December 15, 1907 – December 5, 2012] in the modern Brazilian style.• In front of it there is a large lawn where demonstrations take place

Total Seats in Congress: 59481 senators [upper house ]513 deputies [lower house ]

Chamber of Deputies (the lower house)

Federal Senate (the upper house)

Office Towers[ 2 in number ]

National Congress of Brazil

Three Powers Plaza• Behind the National Congress , Three Powers Plaza is located . The name is derived from the

presence of the three governmental powers around the plaza1. Presidential office2. National Congress3. Federal Supreme Court

• The plaza is home to the largest flag in the world to be flown regularly (in this case, continuously). The Brazilian flag hoisted weighs about 600 kilograms (1300 pounds) .

• It has never been taken down (not counting monthly replacements) since the capital was inaugurated on 21 April 1960In front of it there is a large lawn where demonstrations take place .

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Three Powers Plaza

Three Powers Plaza

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• The building has an area of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq. ft.) distributed along three floors: basement, landing and second floor .

• For more info .• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal%C3%A1cio_da_Alvorada

Presidential Palace

• Highest law of court in Brazil .• It was originally called the House of Appeals of Brazil .• All judicial and administrative meetings of the Supreme Court have been broadcast live

on television since 2002

Supreme Court

Ministry of External Relations of Brasil

Ministry of External Relations of Brasil Building[Palácio do Itamaraty]

Residential Sectors in Brasilia• Asa Norte :Left wing on monumental axis• Asa Sul : Right wing on monumental axis• These are designed to accommodate the residents of Brasilia

Residential Sectors in Brasilia

Contact Info for Indian Visitors

In BrasiliaEmergency Phone Numbers:Police : Tel. 190Fire and Ambulance : Tel. 193HospitalsSanta Lucia :Tel. 061/445-0000ER : Tel. 061/345-9260Diners Club : Tel. 0800/784-444

Thank YouRamesh Kumar Tadapaneni

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