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| Rio de Janeiro's prime sight--Corcovado mountain and the statue of Christ the Redeemer Ref:MKBRIO167 |  |
| At a Barra shopping mall, Rio, a replica Statue of Liberty Ref:MKBRIO169 |  |
| From Rio's Tijuca forest a city view encompassing Lagoa Ref:MKBRIO170 |  |
| Rio de Janeiro--towards Guanabara Bay Ref:MKBRIO171 |  |
| Rio's Copacabana beach--sun,sea,sand and sociability Ref:MKBRIO172 |  |
| Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro Ref:MKBRIO173 |  |
| Rio de Janeiro--architectural contrasts Ref:MKBRIO175 |  |
| In the Fiscal Island palace, close to Rio's Praça XV, the Brazilian Empire held its last ball Ref:MKBRIO176 |  |
| Sitio Burle Marx--in the Rio de Janeiro estate of the great landscape designer Ref:MKBRIO177 |  |
| Curitiba's transport solution--a 'surface subway' Ref:MKBRCUC158 |  |
| The Ligeirinho--Curitiba's 'speedy bus' Ref:MKBRCUC159 |  |
| Curitiba: green city Ref:MKBRCUC161 |  |
| Botanical gardens, Curitiba Ref:MKBRCUC162 |  |
| Cambio Verde, green exchange, in Curitiba: recyclable garbage is exchanged for fresh food Ref:MKBRCUC163 |  |
| Ópera de Arame, Curitiba's 'wire' theatre--in fact, tubular steel Ref:MKBRCUC164 |  |
| Curitiba's Open Environment University, its architecture a lesson in ecology Ref:MKBRCUC166 |  |
| Brasília's Metropolitana cathedral, one highlight in an architecturally extraordinary city, Brazil's capital since 1960. Oscar Niemeyer was principal architect, Lucio Costa the urban planner. Ref:MKBRASC229 |  |
| In northeastern Pernambuco, Recife's seashore Avenida Boa Viagem
Ref:MKBREC233 |  |
| Praia Boa Viagem, 7 km long, is Recife's favorite beach from dawn to dusk Ref:MKBREC234 |  |
| Carmo, in the heart of old Recife; the city, the fourth largest in
Brazil, dates to the 17th century Ref:MKBREC235 |  |
| A sculpture garden at the Recife workshop of Francisco Brennand, sculptor and ceramicist of a vast quantity of art works Ref:MKBREC236 |  |
| Adam and Eve, among scores of creations by artist Francisco Brennand in his Recife gardens Ref:MKBREC237 |  |
| Xingó, the newest and most modern dam on the northeast São Francisco river, one of sixteen hydroelectric dams operated by the national energy company, Chesf Ref:MKBREC238 |  |
| In Palmas, capital of Brazil's youngest state, Tocantins, created October 1988, monuments honour rebels and pioneers Ref:MKBRTOC239 |  |
| A vaqueiro escorts a cattle herd along a road in the great spaces of Tocantins Ref:MKBRTOC242 |  |
| Friends passing time in Taquaruçu, Tocantins, a village tucked in a valley of waterfalls Ref:MKBRTOC243 |  |
| In the new state of Tocantins are small old towns; Natividade reflects in its modest architecture the former Portuguese presence Ref:MKBRTOC245 |  |
| In eastern Tocantins environmentally protected Jalapão ranges over 34,000 square km of low bush and sandstone hills including the knob-topped Morro do Saco Trapo Ref:MKBRTOC247 |  |
| Cachoeira da Velha is one of several splendid waterfalls in the great spaces of Jalapão, in Tocantins Ref:MKBRTOC248 |  |
| In Jalapão's 34,000 square-km protected area a monster sand dune is a sudden surprising feature Ref:MKBRTOC249 |  |
| Jalapão, Tocantins, is rich in birdlife, animals and flowering plants--including this glowing bloom from the Tropaeolum family Ref:MKBRTOC251 |  |
| Popularly known as jalapão it's the plant (in the Paepalanthus family) from which the environmental area takes its name Ref:MKBRTOC252 |  |
| Camile dons a Jalapão hat, a confection made from capim dourado grasses from which women weave a variety of handicrafts Ref:MKBRTOC253 |  |
| Still present on the hills framing electronics-minded Santa Rita do Sapucaí is an older Minas Gerais heritage--coffee Ref:MKBRSRC255 |  |