Brazil
Federal District
Brasília

Praça dos Três Poderes

Praça dos Três Poderes or Three Powers Plaza is a plaza in , the capital of . The name is derived from the presence of the three branches of government around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the ; the Legislative represented by the National Congress of Brazil; and the Judiciary, represented by the Supreme Federal Court.
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Photo: Senado Federal, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Square
  • Description: central square in Brasília with the seats of the three government branches
  • Also known as: “Praca dos Tres Poderes”, “Praça dos Três Poderes (Brasilia)”, and “Three Powers Plaza”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Palácio do Planalto and Museu da Cidade.

Government office
Photo: micheltemer, CC BY 2.0.
The in is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1958 and inaugurated on 21 April 1960. is situated 240 metres north of Praça dos Três Poderes.

Museum
Photo: Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Museum
Photo: אורי ר., CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brasilia and Lago Sul.

Photo: Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the capital of and the seat of government of the , is a planned city in the Central Highlands of Brazil. Inaugurated in 1960, it is a masterpiece of modernist architecture listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and attracts architecture enthusiasts worldwide.

Town
is an administrative region in the in . It is located on the south side of the eastern shore of , opposite of and . is situated 4½ km south of Praça dos Três Poderes.

Town
is an administrative region in the in Brazil. It is largely surrounded by to the east, and bordered by and to the west. is situated 7 km west of Praça dos Três Poderes.

Praça dos Três Poderes

Latitude
-15.80104° or 15° 48′ 4″ south
Longitude
-47.8613° or 47° 51′ 41″ west
Elevation
1,043 metres (3,422 feet)
Open location code
58PJ54XQ+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45817741
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­square
Geo­Names ID
12432272
Wiki­data ID
Q1704545
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Praça dos Três Poderes” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Hiru Botereen plaza”
  • Catalan: “Plaça dels Tres Poders”
  • Catalan: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Chinese: “三权广场”
  • Chinese: “三權廣場”
  • Dutch: “Plein van de Drie Machten”
  • Dutch: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ثرى باورز سكوير”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de la Tri Potencoj”
  • Esperanto: “Placo de Tri Povoj”
  • Esperanto: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • French: “place des Trois-Pouvoirs”
  • French: “Place des Trois-Pouvoirs”
  • German: “Platz der drei Gewalten”
  • German: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Hebrew: “פראסה דוס טרס פודרס”
  • Hebrew: “פרקה דוס טרס פודרס”
  • Italian: “Piazza dei Tre Poteri”
  • Italian: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Japanese: “三権中枢”
  • Japanese: “三権広場”
  • Portuguese: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Slovenian: “Praça dos Três Poderes”
  • Spanish: “Plaza de los Tres Poderes”
  • Thai: “ปราซาดุสเตรสโปเดริส”
  • Turkish: “Üç Erk Meydanı”
  • Vietnamese: “Praça dos Três Poderes”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Praça dos Três Poderes”. Photo: Senado Federal, CC BY 2.0.