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Praça dos Três Poderes

Praça dos Três Poderes

Lúcio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer

Photo: Ivano Gutz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Location
Brasília, Brazil
Client / Owner
—
Year
Completed 1960
Access
Public
Style
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The Praça dos Três Poderes in Brasília was designed by Lúcio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, who intended the plaza as a place where the three branches of government would come together peacefully. The article names no client and gives no construction dates. It gives only the inauguration of the capital on April 21, 1960. The page has no infobox, so no dates conflict.

The article names no style, materials or dimensions, except that the flag flown there weighs about 200 pounds (90 kg).

On January 8, 2023, supporters of former president Jair Bolsonaro stormed the plaza. Two explosions occurred nearby on November 13, 2024, and the only death was the suspect's. It is a tourist attraction with a large flag that flies continuously and is replaced monthly in a ceremony. The article gives no hours.

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