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Timeline Of Brasília
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Brasília, Federal District, Brazil. 20th century * 1957 - City construction begins. * 1958 - Palácio da Alvorada built. * 1960 ** 21 April: Brasília inaugurated. ** Population: 141,742. ** Base Hospital of the Federal District and Palácio do Planalto open. ** ''Correio Braziliense'' newspaper begins publication. ** Catholic Diocese of Brasília established. * 1961 - University of Brasília established. * 1966 - Martins Pena Theater opens. * 1967 - Brasilia TV Tower erected. * 1970 ** Cathedral of Brasília and Itamaraty Palace inaugurated. ** Population: 272,002. * 1971 ** Conjunto Nacional shopping mall in business. ** Brasília Airport terminal built. * 1972 - ' newspaper begins publication. * 1973 - Nilson Nelson Gymnasium built. * 1974 - Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha (stadium) and Brasília Autodrome open. * 1975 - Brasília FC (football club) formed. * 1977 - Palácio do Jaburu inaugurated. * 1978 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Brasília
Brasília, the capital city of Brazil located in the nation’s Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, has a history beginning in the colonial era and interactions with the native inhabitants of the area. The first propositions of relocating Brazil's capital began in the late 18th century, and after various plans and attempts at settlement, the city was inaugurated on 21 April 1960 following a four year construction period. Since its inauguration, the city has faced economic, social and political challenges and has seen vast population growth and spreading urbanisation. Since the end of the 20th century, however, Brasília has become an important cultural hub through contributions of music, art and literature. Early history The area where Brasília was established within the Goiás, State of Goias had a long history of Indigenous inhabitance and held importance during the colonial era. The State of Goias was originally designated as a Captaincy of the Viceroyalty of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasília International Airport
Brasília–Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport is the only international airport serving Brasília. The airport was named after Juscelino Kubitschek (1902–1976), the 21st President of Brazil. It is located in the administrative region of Lago Sul, in the Federal District, operated by Inframerica. Some of its facilities are shared with the Brasília Air Force Base of the Brazilian Air Force. History Brasília was only a project when in 1956 President Juscelino Kubitschek landed for the first time in the Central Plateau. Vera Cruz Airport, built in 1955 by the then Deputy-Governor of Goiás, Bernardo Sayão, at the request of the chairman of the location of the New Federal Capital, Marechal José Pessoa, already existed. On 2 October 1955, the airport received the first crew of workers that would build the new capital. This facility was located where today is the Integrated Bus and Train Terminal of Brasília. It had a dirt runway of and a passenger t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge ( pt, Ponte Juscelino Kubitschek), commonly called Ponte JK ( en, JK Bridge), is a steel and concrete arch bridge across Lake Paranoá in Brasília, Brazil. It connects the eastern shore of the lake – where Lago Sul, Paranoá and Brasília International Airport are located – to Brasília's city center, via the Monumental Axis. Opened to traffic on December 15, 2002, its distinctive silhouette quickly became a Brasília landmark. The bridge is named after President Juscelino Kubitschek, who served from 1956 to 1961, and is generally considered the main figure supporting the construction of the planned city of Brasília. It was designed by architect Alexandre Chan and structural engineer Mário Vila Verde. Description The bridge structure is long, wide and has two three-lane carriageways in each direction and walkways fitted with guard-rails on either for cyclists and pedestrians, each wide, and three spans. The main span structure has four su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal District Metro (Brazil)
The Federal District Metro ( Portuguese: ''Metrô do Distrito Federal'', commonly called ''Metrô DF'') is the rapid transit system of the Federal District, in Brazil. It is operated by ''Companhia do Metropolitano do Distrito Federal'' and was opened in 2001. Currently, Federal District's Metro has 24 stations on two lines, and it runs for . The metro covers the Federal District's main cities at west. Its main problem is the sheer distance between many stations (caused by overall low density, suburban profile for such system), making it only a small part of the transit system of the Federal District and mostly an intercity service, with exceptions in Brasília and Ceilândia. The administrative region of Águas Claras is well-served by the system, making it one of the fastest-growing areas of the Federal District and the most dense. All this is possible thanks to the Signaling and Traffic Control and Automatic Protection System for Trains, which allow the regularity of the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro Cultural Banco Do Brasil
The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: ''Bank of Brazil Cultural Center'') is a cultural organization of the Bank of Brazil based in Brazil with centers in Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The CCBB began in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasília in 2000, São Paulo in 2001 and Belo Horizonte in 2013. Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art museums in the world.Top 100 Art Museum Attendance '''', 2014. Retrieved on 15 July 2014. In 2013, the three centers combined had 4.4 million visitors: 2,034,397 visitors in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centro De Futebol Zico De Brasília Sociedade Esportiva
Centro de Futebol Zico de Brasília Sociedade Esportiva, also known as CFZ de Brasília, are a Brazilian football team from Brasília, Distrito Federal. They won the Campeonato Brasiliense in 2002, and competed in the Copa do Brasil in 2003 and in 2005. History Centro de Futebol Zico de Brasília Sociedade Esportiva were founded on August 1, 1999 by former footballer Zico as a branch of Rio de Janeiro state club Centro de Futebol Zico Sociedade Esportiva. CFZ de Brasília professionalized their football section on July 15, 2001. The club won the Campeonato Brasiliense in 2002. That season's top goalscorer was CFZ de Brasília's Tiano, with 21 goals. Copa do Brasil CFZ de Brasília competed in the Copa do Brasil in 2003, when they were eliminated in the first stage by Fortaleza, and in 2005, when they were eliminated in the first stage by Coritiba. Achievements Regional * Campeonato Brasiliense Campeonato Brasiliense is the football league of the Federal District, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squatting
Squatting is the action of occupying an abandoned or unoccupied area of land or a building, usually residential, that the squatter does not own, rent or otherwise have lawful permission to use. The United Nations estimated in 2003 that there were one billion slum residents and squatters globally. Squatting occurs worldwide and tends to occur when people who are poor and homeless find empty buildings or land to occupy for housing. It has a long history, broken down by country below. In developing countries and least developed countries, shanty towns often begin as squatted settlements. In African cities such as Lagos much of the population lives in slums. There are pavement dwellers in India and in Hong Kong as well as rooftop slums. Informal settlements in Latin America are known by names such as villa miseria (Argentina), pueblos jóvenes (Peru) and asentamientos irregulares (Guatemala, Uruguay). In Brazil, there are favelas in the major cities and land-based movements. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The ParkShopping
Park Shopping Brasília is a shopping center located in the Sector of Southwest Isolated Areas (SAISO), in the administrative region of Guará, in the Federal District A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they .... It was inaugurated on November 8, 1983, being the 2nd shopping center to be inaugurated in the Federal District and located on the road between Guará and the Brasília, near the Interstate Bus Station of Brasília. It has 242 stores, including nine anchors (C & A, Fnac, Lojas Americanas, Riachuelo, Renner, Zara, Hot Zone, complex bowling Park Bowling and cinema complex ParkPlex group Severiano Ribeiro group and Paris Filmes), and five mega-stores (Ponto Frio, Livraria Siciliano, Centaur, Outback and Siberian). It has 264 shops, 03 floors, 12 escalators, 03 elevato ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hospital Daher
The Daher Lake South Hospital ( pt, Hospital Daher Lago Sul) is a privately owned brazilian hospital, located in the administrative region of Lago Sul, in the Federal District A federal district is a type of administrative division of a federation, usually under the direct control of a federal government and organized sometimes with a single municipal body. Federal districts often include capital districts, and they e .... It was founded by Dr. José Carlos Daher, plastic surgeon, in 1978. References Hospital buildings completed in 1978 Hospitals in the Federal District (Brazil) 1978 establishments in Brazil Hospitals established in 1978 {{Brazil-hospital-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palácio Do Jaburu
The Jabiru's Palace () is the official residence of the Vice President of Brazil. The building was designed, along with the rest of the city of Brasília, by Oscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in 1977. It is located near the Palácio da Alvorada in Brasília. The name comes from a common bird of the region, the Jabiru. The Jaburu was designed in 1973 and inaugurated in 1977 – seventeen years after the inauguration of Brasília. Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, Vice President of Ernesto Geisel was the first resident, followed by Aureliano Chaves (Vice President of João Figueiredo) and Itamar Franco (Vice President of Fernando Collor). Marco Maciel (Vice President of Fernando Henrique Cardoso) occupied the Palace from 1995 to 2002. The building To the side of the lagoon that gave the name to it and to the edges of the Paranoá Lake, the Palace of the Jaburu was projected by the architect Oscar Niemeyer to be the official residence of the Vice President of the Republic, with the urbanist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brasília FC
Brasília (; ) is the federal capital of Brazil and seat of government of the Federal District. The city is located at the top of the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West region. It was founded by President Juscelino Kubitschek on 21 April 1960, to serve as the new national capital. Brasília is estimated to be Brazil's third-most populous city. Among major Latin American cities, it has the highest GDP per capita. Brasília was a planned city developed by Lúcio Costa, Oscar Niemeyer and Joaquim Cardozo in 1956 in a scheme to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro to a more central location. The landscape architect was Roberto Burle Marx. The city's design divides it into numbered blocks as well as sectors for specified activities, such as the Hotel Sector, the Banking Sector, and the Embassy Sector. Brasília was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 due to its modernist architecture and uniquely artistic urban planning. It was named "City of Design" by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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