Exactly two years ago I was in Brazil, not yet in São Paulo though. It was there that I met Valeria and Luzia. They did not know each other but since then they have been together in several meetings. The last one was in July and they both sent me a postcard.
Postais do Brasil
The 23th of May Avenue, originally known as Itororó Avenue and then Anhangabaú Avenue, is one of the busiest avenues in the city of São Paulo, and is the main connecting corridor of the neighborhoods of Vila Mariana subprefecture to the central part of the city.
It was named after the date the Martins, Miragaia, Dráusio and Camargo students were killed, on May 23, 1932, an event that fits in the context of the Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932.
Design by Ralph Tung - Postcrossing logo is a registered trademark
The Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge is a cable-stayed bridge in São Paulo, Brazil over the Pinheiros River, opened in May 2008. The bridge is 138 metres (453 ft) tall, and connects Marginal Pinheiros to Jornalista Roberto Marinho Avenue in the south area of the city.
The bridge deck is unusual due to its form, which is similar to an "X", crossing at the tower. The "X" is 76 meters wide at its base and 35.4 meters wide at the top.
It is the only bridge in the world that has two curved tracks supported by a single concrete mast. The two curved tracks, one at an elevation of 12 meters and the other at an elevation of 24 meters, have approximate lengths of 900 meters each.
At the end of December lights are put up on the cables and illuminated to create color effects like those on a Christmas tree. The bridge is also lit up on special occasions during the year and is often used for automobile advertisements on television. - in: wikipedia
No comments:
Post a Comment