Igreja de São Francisco de Assis (Pampulha)

Minas Gerais · Brazil

Igreja de São Francisco de Assis (Pampulha), Brazil
Photo: Bernardo Gouvêa, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Oscar Niemeyer's radical parabolic-vault church beside the Pampulha lagoon, once refused consecration for its avant-garde design. Its curved concrete shells and Portinari tile murals broke with all convention.

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