Monumento JK President Kubitschek Memoria
The Monumento JK is a mausoleum and presidential memorial dedicated to the 21st president of Brazil, Juscelino Kubitschek. JK was medical doctor before he going (?) into politics. He was mayor of Belo Horizonte and he run for president under the slogan “Fifty Years Progress in Five”. Kubitschek died in a car crash in 1976. His memorial, designed by the architect Oscar Niemeyer, opened to the public in 1981. The Monumento JK is located in the Eixo Monumental road, and its main column is 28 meters high. The stained glass inside the Memorial was designed by Marianne Peretti. The memorial contains Kubitschek’s collection of 3000 books and outside you can see his car, a For Galaxie LTD. Also there is a bronze statue of him with Sarah Kubitschek. Wagner Moura played young Kubitschek in a film in 2006. Also, did you know that in Kubitschek Plaza Hotel they serve JK’s pudding secret recipe?