Meet the Young and Powerful Brazilian Capital - Brasilia.

2. Itamaraty Palace
Ministry of External Relations

3. Brasilia !
agua, cimento e vidro!
water, cement and glass!

5. 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.

6. The Cathedral

11. Brazilian Army Headquarter

12. National Theatre "Cláudio Santoro".

13. Inside stairs

14. Bus Station Platform and shopping mall.

15. Supreme Federal Court of Brazil

17. 'Palace of Justice'

18. The JK Bridge

19. Vip residences..

20. Brazil's Three Powers

21. The Congress

24. 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).

25. Palácio do Planalto is the official workplace
of the President of Brazil

26. Palácio do Planalto

27. The power ramp

28. 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.

29. Alvorada's Chapel

30. South Façade of the Alvorada, the
reflecting pool and the bronze sculpture
by Cheschiatti

31. 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

32. Procuradoria-Geral da República

33. Dom Bosco Blue Church

34. Blue inside

35. Artificial Lake