Architecture in Brazil

Discover 29 places to experience unusual architecture in Brazil.

Paraty Casa de Cultura

Masonic Symbols of Paraty

This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.

The extravagant crypts at the São Paulo Cathedral.

São Paulo, Brazil

Crypt of the São Paulo Cathedral

The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.

Aerial view of Hotel Unique with red pool on top

São Paulo, Brazil

Hotel Unique

A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.

Fordlândia

Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.

The Viaduct Petrobras

Viaduct Petrobras

An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.

Leaning Towers of Santos

Leaning Towers of Santos

Something about this Brazilian city is slightly askew... literally.

Permanently Closed

A river runs through it.

Manacapuru, Brazil

Ariau Towers

An Amazonian hotel is the ultimate treehouse and provides stilt based accommodation.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Escadaria Selarón Mosaic Steps

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Museu Oscar Niemeyer at night. (Felipe Vieira/Flickr)

Curitiba, Brazil

Museu Oscar Niemeyer

Museum precariously perched on a massive yellow pillar.

Curitiba, Brazil

Curitiba Botanical Gardens

Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Largo do Boticário

Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.

São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil

Casa da Flor

A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.

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