1357- BELO HORIZONTE-PAMPULHA -Part Three- English Poem (42)SERIES: Contemporaneous

Por Sílvia Araújo Motta

Because of its lifestyle, Beagá

was chosen as the “city with the best

quality of life in Latin America”

by the Populations Crisis Committee/UN.

BH has 2,2 million inhabitants.

It´s strategically located among

the principal political centers in the country,

the Rio-São Paulo and Brasilian axis.

The Pampulha Architetural Complex

by the architect Oscar Niemeyer

is composed of the Iate Tênis Club,

the Church of São Francisco de Assis.

Other attractions were incorporated

into Pampulha region: The Dance Hall,

the Mineirão, Mineirinho, Museum of Art,

the Zoological Garden, The Equestrian Cepel.

Belo Horizonte, International Congress,

26 de julho de 2007.

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