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   Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida, located in the capital of Brazil, is the work of architect Oscar Niemeyer expression. The hyperboloid structure with glass ceiling, surrounded by concrete columns, it seems that rises and opens the heavens. On opening day, May 31, 1970, the cathedral was completed and the structure could be seen just above the circular area with a diameter of 70 meters. Metropolitan Cathedral architectural project based on the trajectory described by the revolution of hyperbole with asymmetric sections. Moreover, hiperbolidă structure itself consists of 16 concrete columns assembled in an identical manner. These columns, each having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 tonnes, representing two hands outstretched to heaven.

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