{"id":10158,"date":"2010-11-04T23:30:27","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T06:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/10158"},"modified":"2010-11-04T23:30:27","modified_gmt":"2010-11-05T06:30:27","slug":"10158","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/10158","title":{"rendered":"Landmarks in Bras\u00ed\u00adlia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the many sights in Bras\u00ed\u00adlia are the Avenue of the States with the flags of all the states of Brazil and the Federal District .\u00a0Because of the fluttering of the flags in the wind and movement of the camera during a long night exposure, my photo of the flags\u00c2\u00a0turned out to be something of a surrealistic, though beautiful, interpretation of the Avenue of the Flags .\u00a0Not far from the Avenue of the Flags is the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional (the Brazilian National Congress Building) .\u00a0 In the photo, one can see the Towers of the National Congress, with the Federal Senate of Brazil housed in the semisphere to the left of the towers\u00c2\u00a0and the Chamber of the Deputies of Brazil housed in the hemisphere to the right of the towers .\u00a0The Federal Senate represents the states of Brazil, with 3 representatives from each state plus the Federal District. The Chamber of the Deputies of Brazil represents the people, with the number of representatives proportional to the population .\u00a0 A short way from the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional is the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Itamaraty (the Foreign Ministry Building), surrounded by an aquatic garden and\u00c2\u00a0beautifully lit at night. Then, to the west of these sights is the Bras\u00ed\u00adlia City Park and Fountain Square, an incredible light and sound fountain in the middle of the park.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

The Avenue of the States<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0The Avenue of the States\u00c2\u00a0(Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio<\/a><\/p>\n

Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional (Brazilian National Congress Building)<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional\u00c2\u00a0(Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Palacio<\/a><\/p>\n

Palacio do Itamaraty (Foreign Ministry Building)<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional\u00c2\u00a0(Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Light<\/a><\/p>\n

Light and Sound Fountain<\/em><\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0Light and Sound\u00c2\u00a0Fountain\u00c2\u00a0(Bras\u00ed\u00adlia, Federal District, Brazil), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 October 2010.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2010 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Among the many sights in Bras\u00ed\u00adlia are the Avenue of the States with the flags of all the states of Brazil and the Federal District. I didn’t have a tripod for my camera, and I must have moved the camera during the long night exposure. Hence, my photo of the flags turned out to be something of a surrealistic, though beautiful, interpretation of the Avenue of the Flags. Not far from the Avenue of the Flags is the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional (the Brazilian National Congress Building). In the photo, one can see the Towers of the National Congress, with the Federal Senate of Brazil housed in the semisphere to the left of the towers and the Chamber of the Deputies of Brazil housed in the hemisphere to the right of the towers. The Federal Senate represents the states of Brazil, with 3 representatives from each state plus the Federal District. The Chamber of the Deputies of Brazil represents the people, with the number of representatives proportional to the population. A short way from the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Congresso Nacional is the Pal\u00ed\u00a1cio do Itamaraty (the Foreign Ministry Building), surrounded by an aquatic garden and beautifully lit at night. Then, to the west of these sights is the Bras\u00ed\u00adlia City Park and Fountain Square, an incredible light and sound fountain in the middle of the park. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[169],"class_list":["post-10158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-brasilia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/syBfX-10158","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}