Brasília
Brasília, the capital of Brazil, is one of the world's most ruthless and planned cities. It officially became the capital in 1960. Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer designed the major official buildings. He also designed the famous world heritage site. Architect and urban planner Lucio Costa and landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, planned the whole layout and also selected the green plant varieties for a green backdrop in the city. The city of Brasilia, which was otherwise dry, yellow and barren, was changed in the time span of just three years, from 1957to 1960.
Foz do Iguaçu or the Iguaçu Falls
The Rio Iguaçu appears in the mountains of Paraná and Santa Catarina at the seashore. The Iguaçu falls have an unsurpassed beauty. It widens in a grand fashion and arcs around a wonderful jungle stage. It further plunges and crashes down in the layered falls at the boundary with Paraguay and Argentina. The Iguaçu falls are over 3km wide and around 262 feet high and. The most excellent time to visit the falls is between August to November. It is the time when there is least risk of floodwaters around the area.
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