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Churches & Cathedrals in Brazil

2 notable sites ranked among the world's top 100

2 Sites#27 Highest Rank

#27

Cathedral of Brasília

Catedral Metropolitana de Brasília

📍 Brasília, Brazil🕐 Built: 1970👥 1 million visitors/year

Oscar Niemeyer's hyperboloid structure features 16 concrete columns reaching skyward like hands in prayer, topped by a stained-glass ceiling. Visitors enter through a dark underground tunnel before emerging into a flood of light.

✨ Historical Significance

A masterpiece of modernist architecture and the spiritual center of Brazil's planned capital city.

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#91

São Bento Monastery Church

📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil🕐 Built: 1641👥 500,000 visitors/year

Behind a plain facade hides one of the most ornate Baroque interiors in the Americas. Every surface is covered in gold leaf, with intricate wood carvings depicting angels, cherubs, and saints.

✨ Historical Significance

Contains one of the richest Baroque interiors in South America and is one of the finest examples of Portuguese Baroque in Brazil.

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