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Oscar Niemeyer Museum

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum is located in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná, in Brazil. It was inaugurated in 2002 with the name Novo Museu or New Museum. With the conclusion of remodeling and the construction of a new annex, it was reinaugurated on July 8, 2003, with the current denomination to honor its famous architect who completed this project at 95 years of age. It is also known as Museu do Olho or Museum of the Eye, due to the design of the building. The museum focuses on the visual arts, architecture and design. For its magnificence, beauty and for the importance of the collection, it represents a cultural institution of international significance. The complex of two buildings, installed in an area of 35 thousand square meters, it is a true example of architecture allied with art. The first building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1967, faithful to the style of the time, and conceived as an educational institute. It was remodeled and adapted to function as a museum, for which Niemeyer designed the annex, reminiscent of an eye, imprinting it with a new characteristic identity. The museum features many of Niemeyers signature elements: bold geometric forms, sculptural curved volumes placed prominently to contrast with rectangular volumes, sinuous ramps for pedestrians, large areas of white painted concrete, and areas with vivid murals or paintings. A collaborator previously on Ibirapuera Park with landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, Niemeyers namesake museum is also within a garden designed by Burle Marx, and that within 144 thousand square meters of woodland. Though rooted in modern architecture since his involvement in the international style, Niemeyers designs have much in common with postmodern architecture as well and this is as contemporary a building as the artwork it displays.

Botanical Garden of Curitiba

The Jardim Botânico de Curitiba, in Portuguese, or the Botanical Garden of Curitiba, in English, also known as the "Jardim Botânico Fanchette Rischbieter", is a park located in the city of Curitiba the capital of the state of Paraná, and the biggest city in southern Brazil. It is the major tourist attraction and landmark of the city, and it houses part of the campus of the Federal University of Paraná. The international identification code is CURIT. Opened in 1991, Curitibas trademark botanical garden was created in the style of French gardens. Once by the portal of entry, one may see extensive gardens in the French style amidst fountains, waterfalls and lakes, and the main greenhouse of 458 square meters, which shelters in its interior, specimens of plants characteristic of tropical regions. It rolls out its carpet of flowers to the visitors right at the entrance. The park occupies 240.000 m² in area. The principal greenhouse, in an art nouveau style with a modern metallic structure, resembles the mid-19th century Crystal Palace in London. The Botanic Museum, which provides a national reference collection of native flora, attracts researchers from all over the world. It includes many botanic species from the moist Atlantic Forests of eastern Brazil. The native forest is filled with paths for strolling. Behind the greenhouse is the Museum of Franz Krajcberg, the Polish Brazilian artist who took up the cause of environmental conservation; with 1,320 square meters of area, divided into multimedia classrooms, an auditorium with 60 seats and lounge with several exhibitions of works donated by visual artist, represented by sculptures and reliefs, as well as photographs, videos, publications and educational materials. In the other side of the park is the Botanical Museum, a wooden building whose main entrance is reached through a wooden bridge. The Botanical Museum of Curitiba has the fourth largest herbarium in the country. In front of the construction there is a pond with carp, turtles, teal, herons, etc., and around the building there is a lake, an auditorium, a library, an expositions area, a theatre, tennis courts and a cycle track.

Arena da Baixada

The stadium Joaquim Américo Guimarães is the home stadium of Clube Atlético Paranaense . It's located in Curitiba, the state capital of Paraná, Brazil. Known as Arena da Baixada, the soccer stadium was the first in Brazil to sell its naming rights. It was known as Kyocera Arena between 2005 and April 1, 2008. Additionally, the stadium is perhaps best known for being the first retractable roof stadium in Latin America. With Curitiba selected as one of the host cities of World Cup 2014, the arena between 2012 and 2014 was rebuilt. It's capacity was expanded to roughly 40,000 seats. Located in the Água Verde near the center of Curitiba, the history of the athletic stadium began in the early twentieth century, when in 1914, Joaquim Américo Guimarães, then president of the International (the forefathers of Atlético Paranaense Club), led the construction of the then Green Water Baixada stadium. Atletico came into existence ten years later, inheriting the assets, including the stadium.

Federal University of Paraná

The Federal University of Paraná is a public university headquartered in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Nowadays, its facilities are spread over the capital Curitiba and other cities of the State of Paraná. It offers 124 undergraduate degree courses, 44 doctorate, 66 masters and 5 professional masters programs, apart from a number of lato sensu programs (mostly paid one-year specializations) - see Higher-ed degrees in Brazil. Since 2004, the University has been adopting in its vestibular a program in which twenty percent of the spots offered are destined to students coming from public schools and another twenty percent are reserved for Afro-Brazilians. UFPR ranks among the 651-700 best universities in the world and 37th best in Latin-America, according to QS World University Rankings. It is placed as the 9th best in the country in the latest "Ranking Universitário Folha (RUF)", published by the nation's largest newspaper. Since 2009 internal elections the University is run by Rector Zaki Akel Sobrinho, D.Sc. in Administration from Universidade de São Paulo, and Vice-Rector Rogerio Andrade Mulinari, D.Sc. in Medicine from Universidade Federal de São Paulo, and with a Post-Doc from Boston University.

Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Light

The Cathedral Basilica Minor of Our Lady of Light also called Curitiba Cathedral It is a Catholic church in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Parana in Brazil. In 1668, a small wooden church was built on the site, in the old town of Curitiba today, with a church dedicated to Our Lady of Light and Good Jesus. In 1693, the City Council was established in the place in order to elect the first municipal authorities. On March 29 of the same year, the foundation of the town of Nossa Senhora da Luz e do Bom Jesus dos Pinhais Curitiba became official. Years later, this little building gave way to a larger church in stone and clay, completed in 1721, called the Church headquarters. This, in turn, was demolished between 1875 and 1880, to finally build the present cathedral, whose work was carried out between 1876 and 1893.

Universidade Positivo

The Universidade Positivo (abbreviated UP; Positive University) is one of the private universities of the State of Paraná, Brazil. Universidade Positivo’s campus is in the Campo Comprido district of Curitiba and occupies an area of 420,004 m2. Its 114,000 m2 of installations blend smoothly with their natural surroundings. Universidade Positivo currently offers 27 undergraduate programs, a doctoral program, three master's degree programs, dozens of certificate of graduate study programs and hundreds of extension courses. All this makes Universidade Positivo one of the foremost institutions of higher learning in Brazil. To ensure a sound technical, humanistic, practical, insightful, critical and ethical education for its students-one that meets the requirements of professional preparation in each field and the challenges of the world of work-Universidade Positivo provides facilities with state-of-the-art equipment and technology comparable to the best schools in the world. The 6,300 m2 library can hold 864 users at a time. Its collection consists of nearly 115,000 volumes whose titles can be accessed on the Internet. In a special room the library houses the personal collection of the late cabinet minister, diplomat and professor, Roberto Campos. It includes diplomas, medals and awards, in addition to its 8,426 volumes. Theory and practice come together off campus through internships, visits and special classes in partnership with companies, hospitals, the Department of Justice, daycare centers, schools, health clinics, homes for the elderly and professional organizations. Integration with the community happens at our sports facilities, at numerous clinics, at the Legal Practice Training Center and the model offices, at cultural programs in Teatro Positivo—the largest in Paraná—and at scientific congresses and technology fairs at Expo Unimed Curitiba, a modern events center on Universidade Positivo’s campus.
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