【4K】Drone Footage | Brasilia X Belo Horizonte X All Around | BRAZIL 2019 ..:: Cinematic Aerial Film
The final 4K footage of my drone flights All Around Brazil (Brasilia, Belo Horizonte, Jericoacoara, Chapada Diamantina, Rocinha, Lencois, Mangaratiba and Best of Brasil); project finished & uploaded on 2019-06-16 by One Man Wolf Pack UltraHD Drone Footage.
▶️ 1 Brasilia @0:00
▶️ 2 Belo Horizonte @5:49
▶️ 3 Jericoacoara @10:54
▶️ 4 Chapada Diamantina @20:04
▶️ 5 Rocinha @27:57
▶️ 6 Lencois @41:41
▶️ 7 Mangaratiba @45:00
▶️ 8 Best of Brazil in 6 Minutes @47:47
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Brasilia Drone Flight: Brasília, inaugurated as Brazils capital in 1960, is a planned city distinguished by its white, modern architecture, chiefly designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Laid out in the shape of an airplane, its “fuselage” is the Monumental Axis, 2 wide avenues flanking a massive park. In the “cockpit” is Praça dos Três Poderes, named for the 3 branches of government surrounding it. // Belo Horizonte is the capital city of southeastern Brazils Minas Gerais state. Surrounded by mountains, the citys known for the vast Mineirão Stadium. Built in 1965, the stadium also houses the Brazilian Football Museum. Nearby are Lake Pampulha and the Pampulha Architectural Complex, home to the wavy-topped Church of St. Francis of Assisi, designed by Brazils modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. // Rocinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is the largest favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiros South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach. Most of the favela is on a very steep hill, with many trees surrounding it. Almost 100,000 people live in Rocinha, making it the most populous favela in Brazil. [wikipedia // Google]
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Brazilianisms #12: Pampulha Church
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Recently, one Brazil's most renowned architects, Oscar Niemeyer, passed away. He died on December 5th, 2012, ten days before what would have been his 105th birthday. I learned of him on my very first visit to Brazil in the 80s when he was already an old man, and every time I returned to Brazil and saw him turn up in the news, I was always astonished to learn he was still alive. Now I'm just as surprised to hear of his passing.
He is most known as the great architect who designed the governmental buildings in Brazil's capital city of Brasilia under President Juscelino Kubitschek in the 1950s, as well helping to design the United Nations building in New York City. But back in the 40s when Kubitschek was the mayor of Belo Horizonte, Niemeyer was already known to him and was contracted by him to design buildings for a newly-created man-made lake in the Pampulha district of Belo Horizonte, the city where I now live. One of those buildings is the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, which is today considered one of the most well-known icons of Belo Horizonte, as well as the most popular postcard image for visitors to that city.
But it wasn't always that way. Although construction of the church was completed in 1943, its unique architectural style was so reviled by the Catholic Church that it refused to consecrate it. In response to Niemeyer's remark that he had been was inspired by French Poet Paul Claudel's statement that A church is God's hangar on earth, the archbishop of Belo Horizonte said it was more like the devil's bomb shelter and unfit for religious purposes. The church does, in fact, bear a striking resemblance to a miniature aircraft hangar, being the first architectural structure, besides actual hangars, to use a parabolic arch as a roof, making it radically different in appearance from traditional Catholic churches. The fact that Niemeyer was a professed atheist did nothing to help the situation.
The Church also took issue with some of the artwork, done by Brazilian Painter Cândido Portinari that was incorporated on both the exterior and interior of the building, such as this image, showing St. Francis with a dog. It is a reference to a story about him using the power of God to pacify a wolf that had been attacking villagers and their livestock. In gratitude, the people of the village agreed to feed and care for it, and it lived peacefully with them for many years thereafter until its death. It was a domesticated wolf, so the artist chose to portray it as a dog. Other images portrayal additional legends of St. Francis interacting with animals. Here he can be seen preaching to the birds. And here he is giving a sermon to the birds and the fish (although he appears to be stepping on one of the fish.)
The dog can be seen again on a large mural within the main part of the building. Smaller paintings signifying the Stations of the Cross hang at eye level on the cherry wood walls at either side. To the left is one of two confessionals. These were never used, since it was discovered after construction was completed that they do an excellent job of projecting the voice of a speaker within out to the entire room, making private conversations rather difficult.
Despite resistance by Church officials and an attempt by a later mayor to have the building demolished, it remained. As Niemeyer achieved greater fame for his architectural work in Brasilia, as well as the United Nations building in New York City, and as Portinari achieved ever greater recognition, eventually becoming one of the most renowned Brazilian painters, the artistic merit of the Church of Saint Francis became much harder to deny. In 1959, 16 years after construction, it was finally consecrated by Auxiliary Archbishop João Rezende Costa, who said, Now we can feel the wonderful art created here in homage to the Creator.
Music:
--Meditation Impromptu 03 by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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--UN Complex: licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license from WorldIslandInfo.com
--Lake Panorama: licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license from Wikipedia user Andreborgeslopes
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고풍스런 건물과 자갈길이 아름다운 헤수스광장이다. 바이아주에서 가장 아름다운 교회로 불리는 이 성당은 높은 도덕심과 이웃에의 봉사를 가치로 내건 제수이트 교회였다. 바실리카 성당 맞은편에는 성 프란치스쿠 성당이 있다. 바로크양식의 아름다운 이 교회는 내부를 황금으로 도배하듯 장식을 해 ‘황금의 교회’로도 불린다. 난 이 ‘황금의 교회’ 에서 당시 사탕수수 농업과 노예무역으로 엄청난 부를 축적한 살바도르의 영화를 되새길 수 있었다.
[English: Google Translator]
This is a beautiful building with quaint cobbled square Jesús. By this very known in the most beautiful Jesuit church was a cathedral church puts a high value on the service of morality and neighbors. Basilica Cathedral, which faces the Cathedral of St. Frances Surgical value. The beautiful baroque church is also called to bombard the interior decoration as a golden 'golden church'. I was at the time doesaegil sugarcane farming and films of Salvador have accumulated great wealth from the slave trade as the golden church.
[Portuguese: Google Translator]
Este é um belo prédio com pitoresca praça pavimentada Jesús. Por esta muito conhecida na mais bela igreja jesuíta era uma igreja catedral coloca um alto valor no serviço da moralidade e vizinhos. Catedral Basílica, que enfrenta a Catedral de St. Frances valor cirúrgico. A bela igreja barroca é também chamado a bombardear a decoração de interiores como uma igreja de ouro de ouro. Eu estava no doesaegil lavoura canavieira tempo e filmes de Salvador ter acumulado grande riqueza do comércio de escravos como a igreja de ouro.
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■클립명: 남미005-브라질02-02 황금의 교회, 성 프란치스코 성당/San Francisco Church/Gold Plated/Terreiro de Jesus/Jesuit Church
■여행, 촬영, 편집, 원고: 김정수 PD (travel, filming, editing, writing: KBS TV Producer)
■촬영일자: 2009년 4월 April
[Keywords]
남아메리카,South America,남미,브라질,Brazil,Brasil ,Federative Republic of Brazil,김정수,2009,4월 April
ARCHITECTURE - Oscar Niemeyer - Church of Saint Francis - Pampulha
Built in 1943,this concrete structure has ondulating vaulting roofs and tile murals by Portinari on the back wall and inside the church.
The Church and Convent of St Francis - Salvador
- The interior of this Church is highly decorative. All the carvings are covered in gold leaf - totally over the top! I am always amazed at how much effort is put into creating a place that people spend such a short amount of time in. I guess the priests get to enjoy it!
Oscar Niemeyer: A Vida é um Sopro ( Completo) /Life is a Breath (Full )/english subtitles
Documentário completo A vida é um sopro a respeito da vida e obra de Oscar Niemeyer, arquiteto brasileiro.
Sinopse: O filme fala da história de Oscar Niemeyer, um mais reconhecidos arquitetos brasileiros. De forma descontraída trata de aquitetura, histórias do arquiteto, luta política e de sua paixão pelas mulheres. No documentário são mostradas belas imagens de muitas de suas obras, a Casa das Canoas, o Palácio do Planalto, a Sede do Partido Comunista Francês, a Universidade de Constantine, o MAC Niterói, entre outras.
Participaram do documentário José Saramago, Carlos Heitor Cony, Eduardo Galeano, Ferreira Gullar, Eric Hobsbawn, Nelson Pereira dos Santos, Mário Soares, Chico Buarque e Ítalo Campofiorito. Recebeu o prêmio de Melhor Documentário, por unanimidade, no 1º Festival Internacional de Documentários Atlantidoc, no Uruguai, em dezembro de 2007. A primeiras imagens do filme foram feitas em 1998, embora o filme só tenha sido lançado em 20 de abril de 2007.
【4K】Drone Footage | Belo Horizonte - Capital of Minas Gerais | BRAZIL 2019 .:: Cinematic Aerial Film
The final 4K footage of my drone flights in Belo Horizonte (Capital of Minas Gerais; Brazil); project finished & uploaded on 2019-06-02 by One Man Wolf Pack UltraHD Drone Footage.
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Belo Horizonte Drone Flight: Belo Horizonte is the capital city of southeastern Brazils Minas Gerais state. Surrounded by mountains, the citys known for the vast Mineirão Stadium. Built in 1965, the stadium also houses the Brazilian Football Museum. Nearby are Lake Pampulha and the Pampulha Architectural Complex, home to the wavy-topped Church of St. Francis of Assisi, designed by Brazils modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. In the city center is tree-lined Liberty Square, surrounded by government buildings. Nearby, the Inimá de Paula Museum houses works by this Brazilian painter. Huge Central Market dates back to 1929, with many bars, restaurants and shops selling local cachaças spirits, crafts and produce. Nearby Station Square is home to the neoclassical Museum of Arts and Crafts, formerly a railway station. Mangabeiras Park has a lookout offering panoramic city views. Southwest of the city lies the Inhotim Institute, a vast museum and park with lakes and gardens, home to open-air exhibitions of contemporary art. [wikipedia // Google]
Among others, you will see following places by Drone (Keywords): Belo Horizonte, Day, Night, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Praca do Papa, Belo, Horizonte, BH, MG, Mineirao, Pampulha, Oscar, Niemeyer, Liberty Square, Sunset, Lake, Garden, View, House, Christ, Cross, Brasil
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Oscar Niemeyer [biography]
Sources used:
Internet
- Great video featuring Niemeyer:
- Great Dutch subtitled documentary:
- About Niemeyer:
- Juscelino Kubitschek:
- Some projects:
- The humans of Rio:
- Politics:
- Nice picture’s:
- General info about several projects:
Books
- Modern Architecture in Latin America: Art, Technology, and Utopia – page 62
- Dutch book: Oscar Niemeyer – loopbaan en hedendaagse projecten (1936-2008) – all pages
Music
- Andreas Schulz - Slow Bossa Nova Rhythm Guitar
- Stan Getz & Luiz Bonfa - O Morro Nao Tem Vez
- Antonio Carlos Jobim – Brazil
- Clare Fischer – Morning
The genre of the music is ‘bossa nova’. A genre of Brazilian music which was popularized in the 1950-60s. Bossa nova means literally new trend.
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Projects mentioned
1:08 Gustavo Capanema Palace, Rio de Janeiro
1:50 Church of Saint Francis of Assisi, Pampulha
1:58 Yacht Club, Pampulha
2:02 Restaurant & Dance, Pampulha
2:08 Casino, Pampulha
2:32 Headquarters of the United Nations, New York
2:52 Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo
3:07 Edifício Copan, São Paulo
3:12 Casa das Canoas, Rio de Janeiro
4:15 Alvorada Chapel, Brasília
4:24 Alvorada Palace, Brasília
4:40 Three Powers Square, Brasília
4:45 Planalto Palace, Brasília
5:00 Supreme Federal Court, Brasília
5:10 National Congress, Brasília
5:20 Cathedral of Brasília, Brasília
5:35 National Museum, Brasília
5:45 Palace of Justice, Brasília
5:50 Ministries, Brasília
5:55 Cláudio Santoro National Theater, Brasília
8:46 Itamaraty Palace, Brasília
9:01 French Communist Party Headquarters, Paris
9:26 Mondadori Editorial Headquarters, Milan
9:31 University of Constantine, Constantine
9:51 Volcano Cultural Centre, Le Havre
10:01 Juscelino Kubitschek Memorial, Brasília
10:06 Headquarters of Communist Newspaper L'Humanité, Paris
10:16 Contemporary Art Museum, Niterói
10:41 Oscar Niemeyer Museum, Curitiba
10:51 Niemeyer Way, Niterói
11:01 Oscar Niemeyer International Cultural Centre, Alivés
11:16 Digital TV Tower, Brasília
B-side
- Niemeyer wrote a book ‘Curves of Time’ in which he explains his work.
- The church in Pampulha got lots of criticism because of the unorthodox shape, only after some years it was accepted by the critics.
- Joaquim Cardoso (1897-1978) was Niemeyer’s engineer since the Pampulha project. He was a major key in making Niemeyer’s work become reality.
- The modernistic thought of ‘form follows function’ was not a design tool for Niemeyer. ‘’Beauty is also a function’’
- When Jean-Paul Sartre found out about Brasília, he wrote that it is a dreamlike and ideal architectural city.
- When Walter Gropius visited Niemeyer’s home after completion, he mentioned: ‘’it is a beautiful house Oscar, but you wouldn’t be able to remake something like this´´. On which Niemeyer replied: ‘’Of course not, the house is designed for this location’’.
This 'B-side' is here to deliver more information about Oscar.
The purpose of the video is to inform you quick with info, so why not put more information beneath the video? :)
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10/04/2018 Additional:
- Jan Gehl uses the term 'Brasilia syndrome': the city looks fantastic from the air, but doesn't work as well on the ground.
【4K】Drone Footage | Belo Horizonte by NIGHT - Brazil 2019 ..:: Cinematic Aerial Film | Praca do Papa
The final 4K footage of my drone flights in Belo Horizonte (Minas Gerais, Brazil); project finished & uploaded on 2019-05-25 by One Man Wolf Pack UltraHD Drone Footage.
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Belo Horizonte Drone Flight: Belo Horizonte is the capital city of southeastern Brazils Minas Gerais state. Surrounded by mountains, the citys known for the vast Mineirão Stadium. Built in 1965, the stadium also houses the Brazilian Football Museum. Nearby are Lake Pampulha and the Pampulha Architectural Complex, home to the wavy-topped Church of St. Francis of Assisi, designed by Brazils modernist architect Oscar Niemeyer. In the city center is tree-lined Liberty Square, surrounded by government buildings. Nearby, the Inimá de Paula Museum houses works by this Brazilian painter. Huge Central Market dates back to 1929, with many bars, restaurants and shops selling local cachaças spirits, crafts and produce. Nearby Station Square is home to the neoclassical Museum of Arts and Crafts, formerly a railway station. Mangabeiras Park has a lookout offering panoramic city views. Southwest of the city lies the Inhotim Institute, a vast museum and park with lakes and gardens, home to open-air exhibitions of contemporary art. [wikipedia // Google]
Among others, you will see following places by Drone (Keywords): Belo Horizonte, Night, Brazil, Minas Gerais, Praca do Papa, Belo, Horizonte, BH, MG, Mineirao, Pampulha, Oscar, Niemeyer, Liberty Square, Sunset, Lake, Garden, View, House, Christ, Cross
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Ananda Shakti singing The Prayer of St. Ignatius
What a gift! I met Ananda Shakti of Toronto at the Casa de Dom Ignacio in Abadiania Brazil in August, 2010. We were both staying at the lovely Pousada Luz Divina. She sang this at Sunday morning prayers and everyone had tears in their eyes by the time she finished. Even Diego. Ananda told me that after her first surgery she rested in her room contemplating a picture of St. Ignatius and asked him, What is your music? Then she picked up her guitar and started to sing this melody to the Prayer of St. Ignatius. Ananda doesn't speak Portuguese so she got a little help with pronunciation and translation to make sure the words and music fit right. I asked her if I could film her singing it so we could share her beautiful work and she agreed. 10 minutes of rearranging her room and balancing my flipvideo on a stack of books later and this is how it turned out. Ananda, thank you for the gift. It is beautiful. The next week she got to sing it for Medium John. I'll post that too. You can reach Ananda at sananda.ca
MTB Brazil Church Bells
Great time in Brazil for touring and MTB
Sao Francisco Church, Salvador Brazil
The magnificent Sao Francisco Church, 70 kilos of Gold Leaf
Templo de Minerva Vitrais (Temple of Minerva Stained Glass)
Vitrais no Templo de Minerva, por John Myers e Mônica Shwarzwald no Lago Oeste, Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil.
Observe, ar, fogo, água e terra com um cristal de quartzo em Brasília, Brasil.
Stained Glass in the Temple of Minerva by John Myers and Mônica Shwarzwald in Lago Oeste, Brasilia, District Federal, Brasil.
Notice air, fire, water, and earth with a quartz crystal in Brasilia, Brazil.
2013
The Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence 圣十字圣殿，佛罗伦萨，意大利
A short guided visit to the church of Santa Croce with highlights on the frescoes of Giotto, tombs of Michelangelo and Galileo, and a jewel of Renaissance architecture, The Pazzi Chapel by Brunelleschi.
本短片将带您参观位于意大利佛罗伦萨的圣十字圣殿，着重介绍乔托壁画、米开朗基罗墓、伽利略墓以及文艺复兴时期建筑的瑰宝——由布鲁内莱斯基所设计的巴齐小圣堂等亮点。
Joe Joseph Australia in Thailand; Don Bosco Church, ; Petchaburi Road
Joe Joseph Australia
Vila Rica do Ouro Preto Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Vila Rica do Ouro Preto is a city in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, a former colonial mining town located in the Serra do Espinhaço mountains and designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO because of its outstanding Baroque architecture.
Saint John's party and Forró in Recife
It's a little sample of what is the party very characteristic from the Northeast of Brazil.
Top 16 beautiful places to Visit in Brazil
All eyes will be on Rio de Janeiro over the next few weeks as the 2016 Olympic Games get started. But if you're one of the lucky few to attend the games in person, don't forget there is so much more to see beyond the Olympic Stadium. From iconic natural wonders like Iguazu Falls to brand-new museums designed by renowned architects, these are the places you must visit while you're in Brazil.
TOP PLACES NAME:::
1:MUSEU DO AMANHÃ, RIO DE JANIERO.
2:PARATY, COSTA VERDE.
3:PARQUE LAGE, RIO DE JANEIRO
4:IGUAZU FALLS
5:IBIRAPUERA AUDITORIUM, SÃO PAULO
6:HOTEL UNIQUE, SÃO PAULO
7:UNIQUE GARDEN HOTEL & SPA, MAIRIPORÃ
8:CHRIST THE REDEEMER, RIO DE JANEIRO
9:PELOURINHO, SALVADOR DE BAHIA
10:SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN, RIO DE JANEIRO
11:PRAIA VERMELHA, RIO DE JANEIRO
12:CHURCH OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI, OURO PRETO
13:COPACABANA BEACH, RIO DE JANEIRO
14:BECO DO BATMAN, SÃO PAULO
15:NITERÓI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, RIO DE JANEIRO
16:FERNANDO DE NORONHA
17:CATHEDRAL OF BRASÍLIA
18:LENÇÓIS MARANHENSES NATIONAL PARK
19:ESCADARIA SELARÓN, RIO DE JANEIRO
Melbourne St Patrick's Cathedral ver 3
rrz518 visits Melbourne's St. Patrick's Cathedral November 2013. The Metropolitan Cathedral of Saint Patrick (colloquially St Patrick's Cathedral) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop, currently Denis Hart.
In 1974 Pope Paul VI conferred the title and dignity of minor basilica on it. In 1986 Pope John Paul II visited the cathedral and addressed clergy during his Papal Visit.
The cathedral is built on a traditional east-west axis, with the altar at the eastern end, symbolising belief in the resurrection of Christ. The plan is in the style of a Latin cross, consisting of a nave with side aisles, transepts with side aisles, a sanctuary with seven chapels, and sacristies. Although its 103.6-metre (340 ft) length is marginally shorter than that of St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, St Patrick's has the distinction of being both the tallest and, overall, the largest church building in Australia.
Ouro Preto, Mariana, Mina da Passagem - Minas Gerais, Brazil | travel guide
Ouro Preto and Mariana are cities in the Minas Gerais state in Brazil, near to which were big discoveries of gold. In both cities are located numerous churches with stunning golden decorations. In the mines around those cities, so much gold was mined, that in the 18th century they were one of the biggest gold producers to Portuguese kingdom. Nowadays this past wealth is reminded by rich decorations inside numerous churches of Ouro Preto and Mariana and by the Mina da Passagem, which is the biggest gold mine opened for tourists in the world. Ouro Preto with its pleasant atmosphere is a right city to learn something more about Brazilian history and to relax over a local meal or cachaca.