Author: Martin Fiegl & Felix Richter
Photos: Martin Fiegl
Pages: 64
Pictures: 60
Size: 16,5 cm x 21 cm 
Languages: Portuguese, English,
French, German, Spanish
Editor: Céu Azul de Copacabana

Brasília has little history o look back on. Unlike other Brazilian metropolises, the capital of Brazil did not come into being during the colonial era as a result of the gold rush or the booms in "Pau-Brazil", sugar cane, or coffee. Brasília is a planned city, initiated by Juscelino Kubitschek, at the time president of Brazil, and designed by architects Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer. The objective was to found a new capital of Brazil. The future capital city was then constructed in less than three years in the very center of the country, thereby fulfilling its intention to better connect the backward middle west with the rest of the country. On 21 April, 1960, Brasília was named the new capital city as successor to Rio de Janeiro.