Três Rios
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Três Rios is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. As of 2020 its population was an estimated 82,142 inhabitants, and its area is around 322 square kilometres. The current m
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Sebastian (Igreja de São Sebastião)
Juscelino Kubitschek
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Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, also known by his initials JK, was a Brazilian politician who served as the 21st president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961. Kubitschek's government plan, dubbed "50 years
Três Rios
…three rivers meet downstream, to the east. The name "Esquina do Brasil" (lit. 'street corner of Brazil') was inspired by the words of former president Juscelino Kubitschek, referring to the major highways that pass through. Três Rios hosts a campus of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ), called the…
Official portrait, 1956
Childhood home of Kubitschek in Diamantina, Minas Gerais.
President Kubitschek and some cabinet members on inauguration day, 31 January 1956.
Construction of Brasília, 1959.