Cities of the World Educational Posters & Prints “Br...-”
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Brasília, the capital of Brazil, was planned and developed in 1956. It was built in the Central-West region of the country and both acclaimed and derided for its grand scale modernist architecture and utopian city plan.

Lucio Costa was the city planner and Oscar Niemeyer was the architect. Saint Don Bosco, a Catholic priest and educator, inspired the planned city - in 1883 he dreamed of a futuristic city that roughly fitted Brasília's location.

FYI - other planned capital cities include Washington, D.C. and Canberra, Australia.

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Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is situated in south-western Slovakia, on the Danube River. It is also on the borders with Austria and Hungary making it the only national capital that borders two countries.

FYI - the name Novy Most for the bridge over the Danube, means “New Bridge”.

Brazzaville, the capital and largest city of the Republic of the Congo, is located on the north side of the Congo River, across from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

These two capital cities are located on opposite sides of a geological feature called Pool Malebo, a lake-like widening of the Congo River.

The city was founded in 1880 by Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, a Franco-Italian explorer.

FYI - at the end of the movie Casablanca Detective Renault suggests to Rick that they join the Free French forces at Brazzaville.

Bremen is an industrial and commerical river port in northwestern Germany, an area that has had human habitation since 12000 BC. The first stone city walls were built in 1032. Bremenhaven is the North Sea port of Bremen.

Famous people associated with Bremen include Roland who became emblematic of city liberties in Europe, Adolf Bastian, Henrich Focke, Martin Heidegger, and the Brothers Grimm (the fairy tale The Town Musicians of Bremen).

Bruges, Belgium has an historic center recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The city locale has been occupied by the Roman Empire, the Franks, the Vikings, and once was considered the “chief commercial city of the world.”

Bruges is also noted for its fine lace, an openwork fabric that was originally used in clerical garments, then found its way into fashion in the 1600s.

Notable people associated with Bruges: William Caxton, Jan van Eyck.

Brussels, Belgium, founded as a fortess by a grandson of Charlemagne in the 10th century, has become one of the political centers of the European Union (with Luxembourg, Strasbourg).

Notable people associated with Brussels include Marie Anne de Cupis de Camargo, Jan Baptista van Helmont, Audrey Hepburn.