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The Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB, in English: Bank of Brasil Cultural Center) is a cultural organization of the Banco do Brasil based in Brazil with centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo.
The CCBB was conceived in 1986. It opened in Rio de Janeiro in 1989, Brasilia in 2000, and São Paulo in 2001.[1] Its three centers in Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, and São Paulo are among the top hundred most visited art museums in the world.[2] The largest of the CCBB institutions is located in Rio de Janeiro, in an art-deco building designed by Francisco Joaquim Bethencourt da Silva. Similar in size is the São Paulo instition, designed in the same style by Hippolyto Pujol. The smallest of the three complexes the Brasilia branch, designed by Alba Rabelo Cunha. Both the Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo branches contain theatres, cinemas, and multiple art galleries.
See also
- Cultural center
- List of the most visited art museums in the world
Gallery
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The Centro Cultural do Banco do Brasil in São Paulo.
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Model in the Rio de Janeiro CCBB.
References
- ^ Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Guia da Semana, São Paulo, Brazil. (Portuguese)
- ^ "Exhibition & museum attendance figures 2010". The Art Newspaper (London, UK) 223: p. 24. April 2011. http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig10.pdf. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
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- Buildings and structures in Brasília
- Museums in São Paulo (city)
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