Featured photos taken in Brazil and tagged as buildings

Inside the Cathedral of Brasilia

The interior of this building is a beautiful and inspiring architectural achievement

Date: 2 April 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings architecture
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Cathedral of Brasilia

One of Niemeyer´s masterpieces, the cathedral´s curved forms define a classic modernist building of the mid-twentieth century.

Date: 2 April 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings architecture
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Dom Bosco Sanctuary in Brasilia

Not all of the buildings here were designed by Oscar Niemeyer. This is a delicately proportioned church that feels as if it is made entirely of blue glass.

Date: 2 April 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings architecture
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Basilica Bom Jesús do Matozinho in Congonhas

In a neighboring town to Ouro Prêto is this church known for its sculptures of the prophets

Date: 30 March 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings skylines architecture
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Ouro Prêto

Ouro Prêto was prosperous colonial town in the hills about 400 km from the coast. Its wealth is manifested in the many churches and stately buildings constructed during its early years

Date: 30 March 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings skylines architecture
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Niemeyer´s Contemporary Art Museum in Niteroi

Oscar Niemeyer who turned 100 this year still practices and is beloved by thew people of Brazil. One of his latest works

Date: 26 March 2008
Photographer: RobandAmy: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: buildings architecture
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Arcos de Lapa

Date: 9 June 2007
Photographer: Jeremy T: gallery
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: gallery
Tags: bridges churches buildings
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A bus thunders through Favela Rocinha

Exposure shot off the roof of a car

Date: 8 June 2007
Photographer: Jeremy T: gallery
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: gallery
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A Typical Street

Copacabana is surrounded by hills like this one...

Date: 24 May 2007
Photographer: Jeremy T: gallery
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: gallery
Tags: mountains buildings
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Rio de Janeiro - Three Towers

The elegant profile of "Santa Luzia" Church, a Portuguese colonial architecture's jewel (1752), in Downtown Rio de Janeiro, contrasts with it's modern neighbours.

Date: 14 August 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: churches buildings architecture cities rio_de_janeiro br-rj
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Rio de Janeiro - Moorish Pavilion I

Internal detail of the "Moorish Pavilion", by portuguese architect Luis de Moraes Júnior, inaugurated in 1917 to host what today is one of the world's main research centers in medicine and health, the Oswaldo Cruz Institute Foundation - Fiocruz. The beautiful building is located in the district of Manguinhos.

Date: 3 August 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: art buildings architecture cities rio_de_janeiro br-rj
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Porto Alegre - Central Market

Built in 1869, in neoclassical style, the Public Central Market is one of Porto Alegre's most important landmarks, located in the very heart of the city, close to the old wharf, on the Guaíba River.

Date: 16 March 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: buildings cityscapes architecture cities br-rs porto_alegre rio_grande_do_sul
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São Paulo - Immigrant's Memorial

This is part of the Immigrant's Memorial, a kind of São Paulo's "Ellis Island", in the district of Brás. Here, between 1886 and 1978, almost 3 million immigrants stayed in the "Immigrant's Hostel", starting a new life in their new country.

Date: 26 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: buildings architecture cities sao_paulo br-sp
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São Paulo - Heavy Sky

Here is a part of Downtown São Paulo, seen from Itália Building (Ipiranga & São Luiz Avenues). It was 3 PM and a heavy rain was coming.

Date: 26 January 2006
Photographer: mig13: gallery
Location: Brazil: gallery
Tags: buildings sky cityscapes cities sao_paulo br-sp
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São Paulo - Martinelli Building

Here is São Paulo's first skyscraper, Martinelli Building (São João Avenue), seen from the top of Banespa Building. Built in 1929 by an italian immigrant, Giuseppe Martinelli, who became rich in his new country, the old and charming landmark was dwarfened by the taller and younger neighbours.