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Brasilia

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Wonder Type: Cultural
Country: Brazil
Description:
Brasilia, a capital created ex nihilo in the centre of the country in 1956, was a landmark in the history of town planning. Urban planner Lucio Costa and architect Oscar Niemeyer intended that every element - from the layout of the residential and administrative districts (often compared to the shape of a bird in flight) to the symmetry of the buildings themselves - should be in harmony with the city's overall design. The official buildings, in particular, are innovative and imaginative. [More Details]
This article uses material from UNESCO World Heritage List article "Brasilia", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 3.0 IGO License.