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The Construction of Brasilia
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This page was made by Augusto Cesar B. Areal.
All photos are from the Public Archive of the Federal District and from Colombo Cine-Foto Produções Ltda.
Reproduced under a specific permission for this site.

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construction of Brasilia Aerial view of the Ministries Esplanade. At the background, the Bus Station Platform and main Hospital are being built.
Construction of Brasilia "Marco Zero" (Zero Mark), 1957. At the foreground, the place of the future Bus Station Platform. At the background, the place where the Congress and the Ministries will be built.
Construction of BRASILIA The same place of previous photo, in 1959-1960. At the foreground, the Bus Station Platform. The Ministries and the Cathedral are in the back.
Construction of Brasilia National Congress. At extreme right, the Federal High Court.
Construction of Brasilia The Ministries Esplanade. At the foreground, part of the Senate.
Construction of Brasilia National Congress.
Construction of Brasilia Popular Buildings, called "JKs", on the superblocks ("SQS") 412 and 413.
Construction of Brasilia The superblocks (SQS) 106, 107, 108 and 308 (this one still in construction). At the background (left), the "SQS 114".
Construction of Brasilia The "SQS 108" being built. In the foreground, the "Igrejinha" (means "small church"). At the background, some buildings of "SQS 208".
Construction of Brasilia Aerial view of "SQS 108" after it was finished. At the background, the "SQS 308" is being built.
Construction of Brasilia The Congress and the Ministries Esplanade.
Constrution of Brasilia Southern Wing. In the foreground, at the right, the superblocks "508 Sul" and "308 Sul".
Note: seen from this angle, the Brasilia of 1960 seemed much less empty than it actually was.
Constrution of Brasilia The Cathedral, the Ministries and the Congress.
Constrution of Brasilia The first superblocks of the Southern Wing. In the foreground, at the right, the "SQS 105".
Constrution of Brasilia Popular Buildings, called "JKs", on the superblocks 400's.


Constrution of Brasilia "Avenida Central" (Central Avenue) of "Núcleo Bandeirante".
Note: "Núcleo Bandeirante" is a city built near Brasilia to house the workers who built it. The city was then called "Cidade Livre" (Free Town).
Construction of Brasilia An artist's vision showing how he imagined the Cathedral would look.
Construction of Brasilia Scale model of the Banking and Commercial Sector.

All photos whose dates are not shown are from 1958-1960.


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