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Brasilia

Brazil
Date of Inscription: 1987
Criteria: (i)(iv)
Federal District
S15 47 W47 54
Ref: 445

Brief 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.
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