The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro is a public research university in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is the largest federal university in the country and one of Brazil's centers of excellence in tea
University Palace in the 19th century, when it functioned as a hospice. The building was given to University of Brazil only in 1949.
1928 diploma certificated by then-University of Rio de Janeiro
University Palace, neoclassical building finished in 1842. In the foreground, the Charity Statue, symbol of piety towards the ill (the facility originally functioned as a hospice).
Ponte do Saber ("Knowledge Bridge") is one of the main exit points from the campus at Ilha do Fundão ("Backyard Island").
Oscar Niemeyer
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Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, known as Oscar Niemeyer, was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was best
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
…and just society. Former alumni include renowned economists Carlos Lessa and Mário Henrique Simonsen; Minister Marco Aurélio Mello; the architect Oscar Niemeyer; the philosopher and politician Roberto Mangabeira Unger; the educator Anísio Teixeira; the engineer Benjamin Constant; writers Clarice Lispector, Jorge…
Niemeyer in 1968
Niemeyer in 1917
Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro
The free-form marquee at Casa do Baile