The image of Brazil is frequently associated with Carnival and with the Christ Statue in Rio de Janeiro. It is certainly the country that enjoys parties and events and in case of a visit opportunity, those moments will surely be remembered.

Brazil is also a country of contrasts but it will surprise you in every instant with. The people are serious but incredibly warm.

If you hear the samba rhythm while looking at this image, you will be close to enter carnival...

Don't let this occasion pass by, it will bring many charming and colorful memories.

There are just too many musicians in Brazil and it would be unfair to mention only one.

However we will speak of the Conductor Joaquim de Lemos, father of Mariantonia, who dedicated his entire life to music and during 64 years played with his orchestra various sambas in lots of Carnivals.

Kubitschek was the elected president in 1955 and he decided to build this new city in the middle of a deserted zone in the state of Goias.
Brasilia was the iron dart of his modernization politics and country development. Before Brasilia, all the decisions used to come from Rio or Sao Paulo. It was the first city to have an airplane landing area even before having highways. Oscar Niemeyer, Lecorbusier's disciple, designed all the public buildings, Lucio Costa made the city map, the only one in airplane shape. Brasilia is now the capitol of Brazil, a place where it is found the official residence of the Republic President.

Ouro Preto was founded in 1771 by the unification of many villages. In the same year it became the main town and named Villa Rica. In 1720, it was chosen to become the capitol of Minas Gerais.

Portuguese adventurers found a black strange stone and sent samples of it back to Portugal. What they found was simply gold darkened by the iron oxidation of the soil! Therefore the town's name changed to Ouro Preto (Black Gold). Nowadays Ouro Preto presents the most gorgeous Brazilian baroque art of Antonio Lisboa. known as Aleijadinho.

Downtown it is located the Tiradentes Square, filled with a lot o History. In 1792 the leader's head of the Independence of Minas Gerais was exposed. This man, called Tiradentes is the symbol of freedom and the Brazilian independence.