Since the very first stages of Brazil as a colony, the Portuguese had a plan of having the capital moved inland. It was, at the time, a strategy to protect the capital from pirate's invasion. The site had been chosen ­ the center of the country - but it remained a dream until 1955 when Juscelino Kubitschek became President of Brazil. The transition between dream and reality was brought forth under Lucio Costa's urban planning conception, poetically translated into a simple sign, like someone who possesses a place and in this place maps out two lines that cross symbolizing the Sign of the Cross. Bras'lia also existed in Saint John Bosco's prophesy: "Between the parallels 15 and 20, is a very large and long riverbed that will become a lake in its beginning, when people hollow out the hidden mines among these hills, then the promised land will appear where milk and honey will sprout and there will be incredible richness". Oscar Niemeyer who declared planned Bras'lia's unique architecture: "Architects today should pay more attention to the buildings of humanity's old ages. Certain traces and archaeological findings replenish us with admiration. The perfection of old temples has never been equaled". After a six year study of the city as a whole, Egyptologist Iara Kern put forth a theory: "From Akhenaton (a pharaoh that reigned from 1375-1358 B.C.) To JK (Juscelino Kubitschek) - from the pyramids to Bras'lia. Her thesis supports that in Bras'lia everything relates to the Hebrew Qabbalah letters and numbers and also the Egyptian tarot. Iara Kern points to some coincidences:

1. The shape of a cross in Bras'lia's map (named Pilot Plan) is Egypt's sacred bird, the ibis.
2. Bras'lia's National Theater, the biggest structure of the city has a pyramidal shape. The great Keops pyramid is the largest stone monument of Egypt and the world.
3. The artificial Paranoá lake in Bras'lia was built to humidify the air of the semi-arid climate. Its counterpart is the Moeris lake, the first artificial lake in the world, built for the same purposes.
4. The National Research Council building and its shape makes one remember the Ramsium, a temple built in the name of Rameses II.
5. CEB ­ Centrais Elétricas de Bras'lia building (light and power company) is a 61-meter high pyramid that controls Bras'lias physic energy. Sakára a 61 meter high stepped pyramid that was used to preserve cosmic energy and a temple. Built by Iem Hotep an engineer.
6. On April 21^st, Bras'lia's birthday is the only day in the year where the sun rises exactly inside the H of the National Congress building (Bras'lia's highest) and only on this day of the year is that Brasilians see the sun set.
7. The Meteor, a marble sculpture by Bruno Giorgi, that is in front of the Itamarati Palace (Foreign Relations), has 5 parts - the five continents. It is placed on a water mirror - representing divinity, the 3 states of matter : liquid, solid and gaseous.

Brasilia's Cathedral, with daring lines has 16 columns and guarding the underground entrance the 4 prophets - 3 statues on the left and 1 on the right. In Hebrew Qabbalah 16 is the number of the temple.

SERVICES

TRF o.w. Airport / Hotel - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and will be accompanied to the hotel. Guide will assist passengers with handling of luggage at the airport, at the hotel and check-in procedures. Gratuities are not included.

H/D City Tour Duration - Brasilia's urban planning project has divided the business area of the residential areas and the government axis. Addressed in Brasilia, read SQS - meaning Super Block South and a number. These super blocks are an all-inclusive neighborhood with services, food stores, filling stations, etc. Tour will visit a super block of the southern zone; Dom Bosco Santuary (the Blue Church); TV Tower, Military Sector, JK Memorial, Cathedral, Ministery's axis; Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); 3 Powers Square; Democracy and Liberty Pantheon; Lucio Costa Cultural Space, Jaburu Palace (Vice-President's residence); Dawn Palace; Embassy Row. Tour does not include ticket to the JK Memorial.

H/D City Tour with Lunch - Brasilia's urban planning project has divided the business area of the residential areas and the government axis. Addressed in Brasilia, read SQS - meaning Super Block South and a number. These super blocks are an all-inclusive neighborhood with services, food stores, filling stations, etc. Tour will visit a super block of the southern zone; Dom Bosco Santuary (the Blue Church); TV Tower, Military Sector, JK Memorial, Cathedral, Ministery's axis; Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); 3 Powers Square; Democracy and Liberty Pantheon; Lucio Costa Cultural Space, Jaburu Palace (Vice-President's residence); Dawn Palace; Embassy Row. Tour does not include ticket to the JK Memorial. Lunch will be in a barbecue restaurant.

H/D Cultural Brasilia Tour - Tour will visit the Mint Museum of the Central Bank; the Federal Savings Bank building; the Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); National Congress and Bras'lia University Campus.

H/D EMBRAPA / Agricultural Research Center - Tour will visit the CPAC - Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Cerrado da EMBRAPA, or the CPH - Centro de Pesquisas de Hortaliças. The CPAC of EMBRAPA is a government agency that gives technical assistance to agriculture, developing species that are resistant to the region's semi arid soil. Humidity factor during winter months (June/July and August) averages 13% - equal to Sahara desert. The CPH is a research center for orchard vegetables.

H/D Vale do Amanhecer Tour (Valley of Dawn) - Vale do Amanhecer is an esoteric center. Brasilia thrives on esoteric centers, because of a prophecy that says that Bras'lia will be the capital of the 3^rd millennium.

F/D Tour + Cultural Tour with Lunch - Brasilia's urban planning project has divided the business area of the residential areas and the government axis. Tour will visit a super block of the southern zone; Dom Bosco Santuary (the Blue Church); TV Tower, Military Sector, JK Memorial, Cathedral, Ministery's axis; Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); 3 Powers Square; Democracy and Liberty Pantheon; Lucio Costa Cultural Space, Jaburu Palace (Vice-President's residence); Dawn Palace; Embassy Row. Tour includes ticket to the JK Memorial. After lunch, visit to the Mint Museum of the Central Bank; the Federal Savings Bank building; the Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); National Congress and Bras'lia University Campus.

F/D Tour + Cultural Tour without Lunch - Brasilia's urban planning project has divided the business area of the residential areas and the government axis. Tour will visit a super block of the southern zone; Dom Bosco Santuary (the Blue Church); TV Tower, Military Sector, JK Memorial, Cathedral, Ministery's axis; Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); 3 Powers Square; Democracy and Liberty Pantheon; Lucio Costa Cultural Space, Jaburu Palace (Vice-President's residence); Dawn Palace; Embassy Row. Tour does not include ticket to the JK Memorial. In the afternoon, visit to the Mint Museum of the Central Bank; the Federal Savings Bank building; the Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); National Congress and Bras'lia University Campus.

F/D Cristalina Mine Tour with Lunch - Cristalina is a mining city 136km from Bras'lia in Goiás state. There is an interesting collection of precious and semi precious stones to be seen, souvenir to buy, rough and cut stones. Tour will proceed visiting Catetinho (named after the President's Palace in Rio de Janeiro - Palácio do Catete), first presidential residence of the times when Bras'lia was being built. Barbecue lunch.

Brasilia by Night with Dinner - Tour will visit the TV Tower to enjoy the city lights below and passing by the floodlit; Buriti Palace; JK Memorial; Cathedral; Ministries' Axis; 3 Powers Square; Dawn Palace closing with dinner at a Barbecue restaurant. Tour prices do not include admittance ticket to JK Memorial.

PKG Transfer In + H/D City Tour + Lunch + Transfer Out - same day - Passengers will be met at the arrival gate and taken to visit the city. Brasilia's urban planning project has divided the business area of the residential areas and the government axis. Tour will visit a super block of the southern zone; Dom Bosco Santuary (the Blue Church); TV Tower, Military Sector, JK Memorial, Cathedral, Ministery's axis; Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Relations); 3 Powers Square; Democracy and Liberty Pantheon; Lucio Costa Cultural Space, Jaburu Palace (Vice-President's residence); Dawn Palace; Embassy Row. Tour does not include ticket to the JK Memorial. After the tour, passengers will be taken to the airport and assisted by the local guide with airline check-in procedures.