Brasilia The Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília This Oscar Niemeyer projecto was inaugurated in 1970. It has 16 columns of reinforced concrete each 40-meters high. The altar was donated by Pope paul VI, who also blessed the 12-meters metal cross on the top of the Cathedral. The stained glass side panels were designed by Marianne Peretti. Inside are such itens as: Via Dolorosa by Di Cavalcanti, 3 angels cast in aluminum alloy by Alfredo Ceschiatti and Dante Croci, and replicas of Michelangelo´s Pietà and the Holy Shroud of Turin. (via Graça Vargas’)

Brasilia

The Metropolitan Cathedral of Brasília

This Oscar Niemeyer projecto was inaugurated in 1970. It has 16 columns of reinforced concrete each 40-meters high. The altar was donated by Pope paul VI, who also blessed the 12-meters metal cross on the top of the Cathedral. The stained glass side panels were designed by Marianne Peretti. Inside are such itens as: Via Dolorosa by Di Cavalcanti, 3 angels cast in aluminum alloy by Alfredo Ceschiatti and Dante Croci, and replicas of Michelangelo´s Pietà and the Holy Shroud of Turin.

(via Graça Vargas’)

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