Oscar Niemeyer’s Brasilia becomes a stage for insurrection

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Bypass Brasilia

It felt like a grotesque re-imagining of Groundhog Day. Forty-eight hours after the memorial January 6 rebellion In the United States, as right-wingers weaned on conspiracy theories about a presidential election that stormed the US Capitol, and supporters of the outgoing right-wing Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro do the same. on a period Jan 8thDressed in the colors of the Brazilian flag, rioters invaded the modern buildings that make up the government complex in the capital BrassinLeah acclaimed World Heritage site Designed by a Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer.

Then the rioters moved on tearing up the place.

Forensic investigators inspect damage to the Supreme Court building in Brasília in the aftermath of a mutiny on January 8.

(Eraldo Perez/The Associated Press)

The Brazilian Artistic Heritage Institute released on Thursday a 50-page photo report for serious damage. This included smashed windows in all of the city’s architectural codes, broken furniture, torn paintings, and carpets soaked in water and urine. Desk used by the former President Juscelino Kubitschekthe commander who oversaw the construction of Brasília, was appointed in charge of…