WI No Brasilia, Rio remains the capital of Brazil?

abc123

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So, what if Brazil in 1960-s because of some reasons, lack of money, political will or something else, decided not to transfer capital city in new city Brasilia? And if Rio remained capital?
 

archaeogeek

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So, what if Brazil in 1960-s because of some reasons, lack of money, political will or something else, decided not to transfer capital city in new city Brasilia? And if Rio remained capital?

Geography-deficient foreigners look less stupid. I can't see much changing otherwise; the millions spent on the city probably go to another portfolio. It may or may not affects whether Tocantins remains a part of Goias or becomes a state.
 

abc123

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Geography-deficient foreigners look less stupid. I can't see much changing otherwise; the millions spent on the city probably go to another portfolio. It may or may not affects whether Tocantins remains a part of Goias or becomes a state.

I know that the whole sense of moving of capital in hinterland was to incent development of Amazonas, but is it possible some other city as a capital, not so far from sea?
Petropolis?
 
I know that the whole sense of moving of capital in hinterland was to incent development of Amazonas, but is it possible some other city as a capital, not so far from sea?
Petropolis?

Not Petrópolis. Too small for that.

I'd say either the capital stays in Rio de Janeiro, or it goes to a new city in the same general location as Brasília - the point of moving the capital was to help settle an underdeveloped and underpopulated area; your proposition does nothing for that.
 

abc123

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Not Petrópolis. Too small for that.

I'd say either the capital stays in Rio de Janeiro, or it goes to a new city in the same general location as Brasília - the point of moving the capital was to help settle an underdeveloped and underpopulated area; your proposition does nothing for that.

And, what about some location deeper inland? More deep than Brasilia?
 
I think the capital was bound to move deeper inland to foster development of the until then ignored and underdeveloped Amazon area, there's not much for Rio to remain the capital of Brazil.
 
One obvious consequence would be that the Avro Arrow would not bet canceled. Also, Australia would become a communist republic.
 
Goiania,capital city of the Goias state alredy existed very near Brasilia(200KM).Brasilia was built because many people earn a lot of money in it´s construction.
 

abc123

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Goiania,capital city of the Goias state alredy existed very near Brasilia(200KM).Brasilia was built because many people earn a lot of money in it´s construction.

Yes, maybe it would be simpler to just transfer the seat of Goverment in Goiania?
 
In Rio what buildings were the royal palace, presidential palace, and national legislative building? What became of them after the government moved?
 
In Rio what buildings were the royal palace, presidential palace, and national legislative building? What became of them after the government moved?

The royal(Quinta da Boa Vista), and presidential(Palácio do Catete) residences still exist today as museums. The House of Representatives(Palácio Tiradentes), houses today the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly, while the Senate building(Palácio Monroe) was demolished in a highly controversial decision.
 
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