BELO HORIZONTE PAMPULHA -Part Three- English Poem

BELO HORIZONTE PAMPULHA
-Part Three- English Poem
SERIE: Contemporaneous

Poem number 1357
Por Sílvia Araújo Motta

Because of its lifestyle, Beagá
was chosen as the “city with the best
quality of life in Latin America”
by the Populations Crisis Committee/UN.

BH has 2,2 million inhabitants.
It´s strategically located among
the principal political centers in the country,
the Rio-São Paulo and Brasilian axis.

The Pampulha Architetural Complex
by the architect Oscar Niemeyer
is composed of the Iate Tenis Club,
the Church of São Francisco de Assis.

Other attractions were incorporated
into Pampulha region: The Dance Hall,
the Mineirão, Mineirinho, Museum of Art,
the Zoological Garden, The Equestrian Cepel.

Belo Horizonte, International Congress,
26 de julho de 2007.

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