National Congress of Brazil building

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government building landmark legislative building modernist building

The National Congress of Brazil building is a landmark modernist government complex in Brasília, renowned for its distinctive twin towers flanked by a domed and a bowl-shaped chamber.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
National Congress of Brazil building canonical	6
National Congress of Brazil across Praça dos Três Poderes	1
National Congress of Brazil complex	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ landmark ⓘ legislative building ⓘ modernist building ⓘ
architect	Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Modernist architecture ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Brasília ⓘ Seats of national legislatures ⓘ
cityPlanner	Lúcio Costa ⓘ
country	Brazil ⓘ
designedFor	seat of the legislative branch of Brazil ⓘ
elevation	approximately 1,172 metres above sea level ⓘ
floorArea	over 170,000 square metres ⓘ
function	hosts plenary sessions of the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ hosts plenary sessions of the Federal Senate ⓘ
hasFlagpole	Brazilian national flag ⓘ
hasGuidedTours	yes ⓘ
hasPart	bowl-shaped chamber ⓘ committee rooms ⓘ domed chamber ⓘ offices ⓘ plenary halls ⓘ twin office towers ⓘ
hasView	Monumental Axis of Brasília ⓘ
height	approximately 100 metres ⓘ
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site (as part of Brasília)
imageFeature	two symmetrical office towers flanked by a convex and a concave chamber ⓘ
inception	1960 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Federal District (Brazil) ⓘ
locatedOn	Monumental Axis of Brasília ⓘ surface form: Monumental Axis (Eixo Monumental)
location	Brasília ⓘ
materialUsed	glass ⓘ reinforced concrete ⓘ
numberOfFloors	28 ⓘ
occupant	Chamber of Deputies ⓘ surface form: Chamber of Deputies of Brazil Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
openingDate	21 April 1960 ⓘ
owner	Brazilian government ⓘ surface form: Federal government of Brazil
partOf	Praça dos Três Poderes ⓘ
roofShape	dome ⓘ inverted bowl ⓘ
significantProject	Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília ⓘ
symbolizes	Brazilian democracy ⓘ federal legislative power of Brazil ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteSince	1987 ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oscar Niemeyer → designed → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília → adjacentTo → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília → visualRelationshipWith → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Congress of Brazil across Praça dos Três Poderes

Palácio do Planalto → nearby → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

Brasília → notableBuilding → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

Monumental Axis of Brasília → hasPart → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Congress of Brazil complex

inauguration of Brasília → notableSite → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ

Supreme Federal Court building → situatedNear → National Congress of Brazil building ⓘ