A man-made lagoon located in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Also the name of the surrounded residental neighborhood. Flag Location Location in Brazil Coordinates: Government Country Region State Brazil Southeast Minas Gerais Founded December 12, 1897 Mayor Fernando Damata Pimentel (PT) Geographical characteristics Area 330. ...
Many of Belo Horizonte's cultural landmarks are located in Pampulha, including the football stadium Mineirão, Church of São Francisco (designed by Oscar Niemeyer) and the Museum of Modern Art. Mineirão stadium, established in 1965, officially named for Governor Magalhães Pinto, is the largest soccer staduim in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. ... Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Niemeyer Soares Filho (born December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect who is considered one of the most important names in international modern architecture. ...
Pampulha is a suburb of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais federal state, in Brazil.
In Pampulha the construction of a breakwater introduced to the creation of a new tourist and pastime centre sourrounded by nature, which was missing in the Federal capital city.
Pampulha establishment strategics first aimed at the construction of buildings to draw many different users, as an essential condition for the creation of residential lots in the bairro.
UFMG is located on the north part of Belo Horizonte, in the neighborhood of Pampulha, near Pampulha Domestic Airport and Mineirão stadium.
Inside the Pampulha Campus there is a federal institute for Nuclear Research called CDTN which has 38 buildings, 50 laboratories and includes a 250 kW research Nuclear Reactor built in 1960 called TRIGA.
The streets inside the campus (Pampulha) are all coblestone and they have been slowly substituted for pavement.
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