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Andorinha Waterfall

Pantanal in Mato Grosso

https://www.brazil.org.za/mato-grosso.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato_Grosso

Goiás

Brasília (Distrito Federal)

Brasília (Distrito Federal) -- Brittany Blesener
Brasilia, capital of Brazil, was founded in 1956 when the president, Juscelino Kubitschek ordered that the
capital move from Rio de Janeiro to a more centralized part in the country. The federal district region is
located in Brasilia, which is the administrative region and home to the three branches of government,
executive, legislative, and judicial, similar to our Washington DC. The federal district is considered the
“architectural gem” (Wikipedia, 2018) of South America. Because of this, the United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organization actually named it as the World Heritage Site. Oscar Niemeyer was
the lead architect and the man responsible for most of the civic buildings in Brasília and is considered a
key figure in the development of modern architecture. This modernist theme is shown in all of the
government buildings below.

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