Our living cities
#1
Posted 25 January 2010 - 06:48 PM
The first one is Pampulha Church, designed in 1943 by Oscar Niemeyer, a famous brazillian architect.
This one is a partial view of Pampulha lake. It's an artificial lake constructed in 1941.
Here we have Mineirinho ginasium (left) and Minerirão Stadium (right). Some of the games of the World Cup 2014 will be played in Mineirão, and I will be there.
Bellow there's a map of the region, showing the lake, the Mineirinho ginasium and the Mineirão stadium (bottom).
~more to come~
#2
Posted 25 January 2010 - 11:44 PM
#3
Posted 26 January 2010 - 02:27 AM
#5
Posted 27 January 2010 - 02:04 AM
#6
Posted 27 January 2010 - 01:32 PM
BH Zoo
My sister and my son (1 year old pic)
BH central rail station
Typical end of afternoon in BH
View from Mirante da Sierra
Surroundings of the city
Partial view of UFMG campus
(where i gradueted)
http://www.ufmg.br/conheca/mapas/
More about Belo Horizonte here:
http://en.wikipedia..../Belo_Horizonte
#7
Posted 18 April 2010 - 09:49 PM
Ouro Preto is a historical city arround 100 km far from Belo Horizonte, and its "School of Mines" is one of the most traditional of the country. It's a very beautiful city, with all its old buildings and monuments.
Here go some pics:
School of Mines
University Restaurant
Ouro Preto Central Plaza
Typical houses
Rua do Comércio
More about the city here: http://www.barkah.org/Travelogues/Brazil/O...reto/index.html
~More to come~
#8
Posted 18 April 2010 - 10:49 PM
#9
Posted 18 April 2010 - 11:32 PM
I lost my Sony DSC-S650 last month in a shopping WC, but the sad thing was not the camera itself, but lots of pictures of friends and family that I hadnt downloaded yet.
Now I have a cheap Kodac C180.
#10
Posted 19 April 2010 - 05:38 PM
Also the Rua do Comércio reminds me A LOT of the small streets of Old Quebec. Small paved streets with old buildings. Looks nice too.
And that big lake is artificial!? Quite impressive. Reminds me of Notre-Dame island here in Montreal, which they built with the earth they excavated when building the subway in the 1960's. They did the Expo 67 (Universal Exposition) on it and adjacent Ste-Helen's island. The 1976 Olympics' rowing basin and Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve (F1) are also there.
Montreal is on the left. The white structure on the side of the lake is the Casino. It's a former Expo 67 building, as is the Biosphere (grey bubble, was the US's). Most the the old buildings have been dismantled in the years following the Expo though. We also don't see it well but there's La Ronde, a Six Flags amusement park on the top end of the farthest island. Oh and there's also a WWII-era prison below the bridge!
edit: In case you wondered, that's on the St. Lawrence river.
Edited by hog, 19 April 2010 - 05:41 PM.
#11
Posted 19 April 2010 - 05:50 PM
I'd like to visit Montreal one day.
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Yes, it was built in the beginning of the 40's when Juscelino Kubitschek was the mayor of Belo Horizonte. In the 50's, when he was president, he constructed Brasilia that became the capital city of the country. He liked to build big things !
#12
Posted 20 April 2010 - 01:31 PM
vrosa x64, on Apr 19 2010, 01:50 PM, said:
vrosa x64, on Apr 19 2010, 01:50 PM, said:
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