On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and boasting many architectural masterpieces. Here is an account of its ...
BRASÍLIA, Brazil -- Brazil moved its capital from Rio de Janeiro to Brasília last night -- a tribute to a nation's hopes and one man's dream. When Brasília succeeds Rio de Janeiro with religious and ...
And in one year of work We’ve gone from hut to palace . . . Brasilia! New destiny! Six hundred miles northwest of overcrowded Rio de Janeiro, in airy hills 4.000 ft. high on the edge of Brazil’s vast ...