On April 21, 1960, Brazil inaugurated to great fanfare its new capital Brasilia, a futuristic city created out of nothing and boasting many architectural masterpieces. Here is an account of its ...

I saw a great civilization rising on a plateau on the shores of a lake between the 15th and 20th parallels, a promised land of rich milk and honey blest. —João Bosco (1815-88), Brasilia’s patron saint ...

Brazil’s first republican constitution, written in 1891, mandated that the nation’s capital be moved from coastal Rio de Janeiro to the more centrally located interior. If you’ve ever been to Rio and ...

4 / 9Brasilia's Cathedral interior. The Cathedral, along with many major government buildings, was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer. AFP 5 / 9The Juscelino Kubitschek bridge designed by ...

There is a popular legend that 19th-century Italian priest Don Bosco, the founder of the Catholic Salesian Order and a revered saint, had a prophetic dream in 1883 that predicted a flourishing, ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Brazilians this year celebrated half a century since the inauguration of Brasília in somewhat muted fashion.