National Congress of Brazil

Congresso Nacional do Brasil
building in Brasília
#2 in Brasília / #27 in Brazil
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by Donatas Dabravolskas
/ CC BY-SA 4.0

The National Congress of Brazil, located in Brasília, is the legislative body of the Brazilian government, consisting of two houses: the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Designed by the renowned architect Oscar Niemeyer, the building is an iconic example of modernist architecture and features two distinctive semi-spherical structures, one convex and one concave, representing the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies respectively. The Congress is a central component of the Praça dos Três Poderes (Square of the Three Powers), symbolizing the separation and balance of powers in Brazilian democracy.


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