The document provides information about key locations to visit in Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, including its modernist architecture and layout. Specifically, it mentions the Monumental Axis, National Congress buildings, Three Powers Plaza surrounding the Presidential Office and Supreme Court, ministerial buildings, museums, cathedral, and residential sectors. It notes Brasilia's design resembles wings of a plane divided by the monumental axis and its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its innovative urban planning and architecture when it was founded in 1960.

1. About Brasilia

2. 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

3. • 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

4. 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: 594
81 senators [upper house ]
513 deputies [lower house ]
Chamber of Deputies
(the lower house)
Federal Senate
(the upper house)
Office Towers
[ 2 in number ]

5. National Congress of Brazil

6. 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 plaza
1. Presidential office
2. National Congress
3. 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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7. Three Powers Plaza

8. Three Powers Plaza
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9. • 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

10. • 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

11. Ministry of External Relations of Brasil

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

13. 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

14. Residential Sectors in Brasilia

15. Contact Info for Indian Visitors
In Brasilia
Emergency Phone Numbers:
Police : Tel. 190
Fire and Ambulance : Tel. 193
Hospitals
Santa Lucia :Tel. 061/445-0000
ER : Tel. 061/345-9260
Diners Club : Tel. 0800/784-444
Thank You
Ramesh Kumar Tadapaneni
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