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Faliraki has rediscovered itself as a cosmopolitan, vibrant centre of tourism catering to many nationalities and all age groups. Faliraki boasts the largest water park in Greece, [1] a state-of-the-art bowling park, a history park, and a fun-park for families and younger children. The centre of the town, particularly in July and August, is ...
The JK Building is the tallest building in downtown Belo Horizonte, Brazil, named for Juscelino Kubitschek, who was the mayor of Belo Horizonte and later president of Brazil. Standing at 40 stories tall, the JK Building is the third tallest building in Brazil after the Itália Building (45 stories) and Mirante do Vale (51 stories), both in São ...
The Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte, called Greater Belo Horizonte, is the 3rd most populous of Brazil, after only Greater São Paulo (with 19,672,582 people, first in Brazil and 5th in the world) and Greater Rio de Janeiro (with 14,387,000 people).
The mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte is one of the twelve mesoregions of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. It is composed of 105 municipalities, [1] distributed across 8 microregions. It is the most populous and densely populated of all the mesoregions of Minas Gerais. The largest city by population is Belo Horizonte.
Greater Belo Horizonte, Brazil, is the name usually used to describe the Belo Horizonte metropolitan region, which is composed of 34 municipalities. As of 2013, [ 1 ] it is the third largest metropolitan area of Brazil with more than Six million inhabitants; the largest city by population is Belo Horizonte .
With its distinctive curved shape and horizontal concrete brise-soleil, the building is considered an icon of modernist architecture in Brazil. [3] Niemeyer was inspired by the curves of the mountains around Belo Horizonte when designing the building. [4] The 12-story structure contains 22 apartments of various sizes and layouts. [5]
This is a list of newspapers in Brazil, both national and regional. Newspapers in other languages and themes newspapers are also included. In 2012, Brazil's newspaper circulation increased by 1.8 percent, compared to the previous year. The average daily circulation of newspapers in Brazil is 4.52 million copies. [1]
The Palácio da Liberdade is a building in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Inaugurated in 1898, it served as the office of the government of Minas Gerais state for several decades. [ 1 ] In the 1950s, the Governor Juscelino Kubitschek started building his new residence, the Palácio das Mangabeiras .