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São Paulo is a big city; in fact, it is the largest city in South America, and the fifth largest by population in the world. It has a very different feel to the other Brazilian cities we have visited, being more … Continue reading
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Following on from our earlier post ‘The Oscars’, we have continued our Oscar Niemeyer pilgrimage in Brasilia. Niemeyer designed nearly all of Brasilia’s significant buildings, from the angular governmental buildings of the late 1950s to the Brasilia Digital Television Tower … Continue reading
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The Rough Guide describes Brasilia as being similar to Paris. Whoever wrote that is either smoking something or has never been. Or probably both! Brasilia was created in the late 1950s, in the middle of a desert, by a chap … Continue reading
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A much anticipated highlight of the Brazilian leg of our trip was to see some buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the legendary Brazilian architect who designed the UN HQ in New York, amongst many other fantastic buildings. Brasilia boasts the most buildings by Niemeyer … Continue reading
El Grande Tour 