Resumo:
Brasília, the capital of Brazil, is located in the Midwest of the country, within the red
lands of the Cerrado (savanah) of Goiás, and outstands other capitals because of
its beautiful monuments, symbols of modern architecture, as recognized on
international level. The first chapter analyses the process of moving the capital since
the Colonial period of Brazil up to the Republic. It deals with the constitutional
aspects which supported the capital transference, as well as all governmental
articulation in order to justify the building of a new capital, as fast as possible, on the
Central Plateau. The building of Brasilia, as a meta-synthesis of Kubitschek´s (JK)
Governance Program, will get supportive as well as contrary reactions. It became a
symbol and the most important work of the national development policy. Its
construction was a big challenge imposed by JK onto Brazil. The second chapter
focuses on Solomon s construction policy, where we can find many elements of
unscrupulous struggle for domination, many intrigues and manipulations made by
Solomon s group in order to take the throne, usurping the legitimate heir. It stresses
the architectonic works ordered by Solomon which form the background of a policy of
oppression and domination over Israel and foreign nations. It emphasizes the
construction of the Temple, the most important work of the Solomon s Kingdom,
which constitutes a strong religious motive in support of the power of the monarch
and the whole state apparatus. With the building of the Temple the contractual
relationship between the king and the people was reestablished, which gave
Solomon the right to charge tribute. The several constructions required an extensive
hand labor. Solomon imposes the corvée labor and recruites thousands of workers
for his construction projects. The corvée was an enormous exploitation of human
labor, imposed especially on the tribes of the North and on foreigners. The third and
last chapter speaks about the situation of the workers at the time of Brasilia s
construction. It analyses the ideological process behind the transference and the
construction of a new capital and how this ideology of national development was
spread in so powerful a way that it convinced and gathered thousands of rural
workers to the construction place. It analyses also the precarious labor conditions
and the backstage reality which confirm the deep spoliation lived by the candangos
(the first workers to build Brasilia). At the end, this research establishes a parallel
between the Davidic Monarchy and the Juscelino Kubitschek government.
