Pampulha Don't put anything here Page Content Page Name (for URL) Page Title Don't put anything here Breadcrumb Text While we were in Belo Horizonte we went to visit Pampulha, one of Belo Horizonte's two sites worth visiting (or so we were told). Pampulha is an artificial lake near Belo Horizonte constructed by order of Juscelino Kubitschek, then a mayor of the city. Kubitschek later moved on to be the president of Brazil and oversaw the construction of Brasilia - a city of the future, as imagined in mid 60s. (Being an innovative city involved using blocks instead of street addresses, building many gray concrete building and getting rid of sidewalks on the assumption that everyone would be driving.) Pampulha also features some innovative architecture by Oscar Niemeyer, who later became one of the primary architects of Brasilia. The most striking work is a church (Igreja de São Francisco de Assis). The structure is not shocking by itself, until you realize it was intended as a _church_. Not surprisingly, the Catholic Church refused to consecrate it for about 15 years. <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_002_7349 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_003_4978 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_007_8243 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_014_3795 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_010_1476 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_006_0935 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_012_4150 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_013_0914 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_018_1982 2005-10-02-a-pampulha/20051002_019_0388 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> The tile work on the church (quite beautiful, even if a bit idiosyncratic) is by Cândido Portinari, one of Brazil's most important painters from this century. There is an extensive collection of Portinari's work at [portinari.org.br](http://www.portinari.org.br/). Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Content Template Page Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Don't put anything here Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI Don't put anything here A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
