Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro, Brasília

The Cláudio Santoro National Theater (Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro) is a multi-theater building in Brasília, Brazil. It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in the Modern architectural style. Construction began on July 30, 1960, and the building was completed in 1966. Built in the shape of a truncated pyramid, it is the largest building in Brasilia designed by Niemeyer specifically for the arts. The building was closed for renovation in 1976, and was...

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Panorama of the Brasília skyline

The Cláudio Santoro National Theater (Teatro Nacional Cláudio Santoro) is a multi-theater building in Brasília, Brazil. It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in the Modern architectural style. Construction began on July 30, 1960, and the building was completed in 1966. Built in the shape of a truncated pyramid, it is the largest building in Brasilia designed by Niemeyer specifically for the arts. The building was closed for renovation in 1976, and was...

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Sculpture (2008) of Darlan Rosa in front of Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB) Brasilia hosts the newest project from the artist Darlan Rosa: an interactive sculpture park designed for children and adolescents so that enchant adults.The works Marquise, Caterpillar, Hive and Cocoon, which gives its name to the project, could not be anywhere else but at CCBB Brasília, gracing the vast garden that surrounds the absolute concrete building, through which every year dozens of plays, exhibits,...

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Garden of the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art...

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Brasília

The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brazil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, São Paulo and Belo Horizonte.The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art...

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Esplanada dos Ministérios, Brasília

The Monumental Axis ("Eixo Monumental" in Portuguese) is a central avenue in Brasília's city design.The avenue begins on the National Congress of Brazil building and is considered part of the DF-002 road. Its first section is known as "Ministries Esplanade" ("Esplanada dos Ministérios"), as it is surrounded by ministries buildings. Many important government buildings, monuments and memorials are located on the Monumental Axis.A common urban legend...

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Panorama of Museu Nacional de Brasília

The National Museum Honestino Guimarães is a Brazilian museum in Brasília. The name was given in memory Honestino Guimarães.The museum, which has a dome shape, and the National Library Leonel de Moura Brizola, were designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and was inaugurated on 15 of December of 2006, on the day that the architect celebrated its 99 birthday.The museum has an area of ​​14,500 square meters and was opened with an exhibition...

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Historic cross of the first mass in the Cathedral of Brasília

The Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of Aparecida) is the Roman Catholic cathedral serving Brasília, Brazil, and serves as the seat of the Archdiocese of Brasília. It was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, and was completed and dedicated on May 31, 1970. The cathedral is a hyperboloid structure constructed from 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each.A 20-meter tall bell tower containing four large bells,...

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The Pietà in the Cathedral of Brasília

The Pietà (1498–1499) is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is the first of a number of works of the same theme by the artist. The statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome. The sculpture, in Carrara marble, was made for the cardinal's funeral monument, but was moved to its current location, the first chapel on the right...

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Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida statue in the Cathedral of Brasília

Our Lady of Aparecida (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Conceição Aparecida) is a celebrated 18th-century clay statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the traditional form associated with the Immaculate Conception. The image is widely venerated by Brazilian Catholics, who consider her as the principal patroness of Brazil. Historical accounts state that the statue was originally found by three fishermen who miraculously caught many fish after invoking the...

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