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Brasilia: Quando nao tem mar, vai pra o bar......

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March 11th 2008
The next stop was to the capital of Brasil - the imaginatively named Brasilia! Brasilia was specifically designed to be the capital of Brazil in the 1950´s. From above it is the shape of an aeroplane and is divided into sectors such as the hotel secor, the bank sector, the restaurant sector etc. The architect responsible for the design of the city was Oscar Niemeyer and as such the buidlings and ... read more

South America » Brazil » Distrito Federal » Brasília

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more