Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Plaza of the Three Powers
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Preferred Title:
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Plaza of the Three Powers
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Alternate Title:
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Praça dos Três Poderes
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Image View:
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General view of the National Pantheon (the dove-shaped Panteão da Pátria dedicated to Tancredo Neves), from north, depicting access ramps
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Creator:
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Oscar Niemeyer (Brazilian architect, born 1907)
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Location:
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site: Brasília, Centro-Oeste, Brazil
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Date:
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ca. 1958-1987 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Brazilian
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Style Period:
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Modernist, Modern
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Work Type 1:
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mixed-use development
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Work Type 2:
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plaza
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Work Type 3:
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legislative building
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Classification:
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architecture
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Relation Work:
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part of Brasília
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Subjects:
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architectural exteriors; rulers and leaders; City planning; ideal cities
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Description:
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The name is derived from the encounter of the three powers around the plaza; the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto (presidential office); the Legislative represented by the Congresso Nacional (National Congress); and the Judiciary, represented by the Palácio da Justiça (Supremo Tribunal Federal). In between these imposing buildings there are several monuments and memorials, among which are the JK Museum, the National Pantheon (the dove-shaped Panteão da Pátria dedicated to Tancredo Neves) and various sculptures: the Candangos, by Bruno Giorgi; Justice, by Alfredo Ceschiatti, and Pombal ('dovecote'), by Oscar Niemeyer. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A1-NO-B-1-M2
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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