Editing Brazil (section)

=== Architecture ===
{{Main|Architecture of Brazil}}
[[File:Catedral1 Rodrigo Marfan.jpg|thumb|The [[Cathedral of Brasília]], designed by Brazilian architect [[Oscar Niemeyer]] for the [[Brasília|federal capital]], an example of [[Modern architecture]]]]

The architecture of Brazil is influenced by Europe, especially Portugal. It has a history that goes back 500 years to the time, when [[Pedro Álvares Cabral]] landed in Brazil in 1500. [[Portuguese colonial architecture]] was the first wave of architecture to go to Brazil.<ref>Hue, Jorge de Souza (1999). Uma visão da arquitectura colonial no Brasil [A vision of Colonial Architecture in Brazil] (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro.</ref> It is the basis for all Brazilian architecture of later centuries.<ref>Boxer, Charles Ralph (1962). The Golden Age of Brazil, 1695–1750: Growing Pains of a Colonial Society. University of California Press.</ref> In the 19th century, during the time of the [[Empire of Brazil]], the country followed European trends and adopted [[Neoclassical architecture|Neoclassical]] and [[Gothic Revival architecture]]. Then, in the 20th century, especially in Brasília, Brazil experimented with [[modernist architecture]].

The colonial architecture of Brazil dates to the early 16th century, when Brazil was first explored, conquered and settled by the Portuguese. The Portuguese built architecture familiar to them in Europe in their aim to colonize Brazil. They built Portuguese colonial architecture, which included churches and civic architecture, including houses and forts, in Brazilian cities and the countryside.<ref name="Guimaraens" />

During the 19th century, Brazilian architecture saw the introduction of more European styles to Brazil, such as Neoclassical and Gothic Revival architecture. This was usually mixed with Brazilian influences from their own heritage.<ref name="Guimaraens">Guimaraens, Cêça de. [http://www.mre.gov.br/cdbrasil/itamaraty/web/port/artecult/arqurb/arquitet/index.htm ''Arquitetura''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030908051315/http://www.mre.gov.br/CDBRASIL/ITAMARATY/WEB/port/artecult/arqurb/arquitet/index.htm |date=8 September 2003 }}. Portal do Ministério das Relações Exteriores.</ref> In the 1950s [[modernist architecture]] was introduced when [[Brasília]] was built as a new federal capital in the interior of Brazil to help develop the interior. The architect [[Oscar Niemeyer]] idealized and built government buildings, churches and civic buildings in the modernist style.<ref name="Claro">Claro, Mauro. [http://www.vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/drops/09.025/1775 "Ambientes modernos. A casa modernista da Rua Santa Cruz, de Gregori Warchavchik, e outras casas da modernidade"]. In: ''Drops'', 2008; 09 (025.03)</ref>