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Date
5-1974
Description
From the Catedral de Brasilia, this photograph looks west toward the National Congress Building. In the foreground is one of the statues, distinctly modernist that line the entry to the Catedral. Both the Catedral de Brasilia and the National Congress Building were designed by Oscar Niemeyer.
Rights
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Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Dates
1907 -
Creator 2 Role
Architect
Building Type
Church
Building Style
Modernism
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Public Architecture -- Brazil; Architects -- Building Designers;
Country Name
Brazil
Region Name
Federal District
City Name
Brasilia
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Niemeyer, Oscar, "Brasilia: Saint Statue at Catedral de Brasilia, National Congress Building" (1974). Browse All. 486.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/486
Keywords
public architecture; Brasilia, Federal District; Brazil; Oscar Niemeyer;
Notes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Bras%C3%ADlia