The new administrative capital is expected to start functioning in June It will span sq km, making it almost as large as Singapore, and is intended to house 5 mn. Almaty was the capital when the country gained independence from the Soviet Union in So the government moved the capital 1, km north to Astana in December Rio de Janeiro was its capital for ages. But the city was crowded, government buildings were far apart and traffic was heavy.
So the government decided to create a new city specifically developed to be the capital. Brasilia was born on April 21, , four years after the toil of architects, engineers and city planners.
The new capital, about 1, km from the previous one, is divided into numbered blocks for easier navigation — hotel sector, embassy sector, for example. The new capital is more centrally and strategically located. But no official reason has been given for the shift.
Some say the move may have been triggered by a warning from an astrologer about a foreign military attack. The city has limited facilities but gets an uninterrupted supply of electricity — unusual in the country.
It also boasts of a lane road. Nifty 18, Zomato Ltd. Market Watch. Papal legate Cardinal Manuel Cerejeira blesses the city using a cross at the foot of which the first mass was celebrated in Brazil in As well as religious ceremonies, the festivities include a fair, a military parade, and a procession by the construction workers which take place over several days.
Four years after the inauguration of its new capital, which made a dent in public finances for several years, Brazil experiences a coup, which establishes a military dictatorship that will last to This story has been published from a wire agency feed without modifications to the text. Only the headline has been changed. Follow more stories on Facebook and Twitter. Share Via. Here is an account of its foundation, based on AFP copy from the time.
On the 21, the authorities are installed in Brasilia. It has ", inhabitants, 60 hotels, 40 bars and seven banks," all doomed to be razed once construction of Brasilia is finished.
Brasilia "has the shape of a circumference -- so big that from the top of the storey skyscraper where the parliament's administrative services will be housed the city boundaries will not be visible," AFP wrote. The congress with its twin semi-spherical buildings, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court are located in Three Powers Square, which lies at the centre of the circumference and the heart of the city. Among Brasilia's most beautiful monuments are its cathedral with its enormous sheaf linking 16 concrete columns, symbolizing the friendship between Brazil and former colonial master Portugal and the Itamaraty Palace, which houses the foreign ministry.
At the start, however, the transfer of power from Rio to Brasilia is more than anything else symbolic. The internal telephone network is not up to speed and last minute hitches arise in radio links with other cities. With long distances to cover, it is also difficult to get around in an urban area which has practically no transport. On April 20, "Brazilians, who for the past 24 hours have been converging on the new capital, give vent to their enthusiasm before the architectural masterpieces.
The president receives the keys to the city in front of "a crowd of around 3,," where workmen in blue jeans mix with peasants from the high plateaus with sunburned faces, tourists from Rio or Sao Paulo clad in white and top officials and parliamentarians in dark suits.
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