50 years of Brasilia

On April 21, Brasilia turns a half century. The city was built in record time of five years, from a dream of enterprising President Juscelino Kubitschek, and designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer and the urbanist Lucio Costa, to become the new Brazilian capital, thus dethroning immortal Rio de Janeiro… [ELPAIS.com / abc.es / Clarin]. Images > Magnum Photos / LIFE / Flickr // Brasilia 50 years Special (in Portuguese) > globo.com

posted on Thursday 22 April 2010