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N° CP-013
Standing
Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília
Brasília, Brazil
Niemeyer’s ring of sixteen hyperboloid columns — a crown of concrete and stained glass.
Classification
Cathedral
Architectural style
Modernist
Built
1958–1970
Region
Americas
Principal metric
16 hyperboloid columns
Coordinates
15.7984° S, 47.8758° W
Catalogue no.
CP-013
Modernist
Cathedral
Americas
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