Brasilia
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.
Federal District
S15 46 59.988 W47 53 60
Date of Inscription: 1987
Criteria: (i)(iv)
Property : 11,269 ha
Ref: 445
Source: http://whc.unesco.org
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