Qualla: Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom: Introduction https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom/ Tancredo Neves was supposed to end the dictatorship. In January 1985 he won an indirect presidential election - the first non-military head of state Brazil had elected in twenty-one years - and the country began preparing for inauguration day on March 15. The night before, doctors rushed him into emergency surgery for an intestinal obstruction. He never took office. Over the next thirty-eight days, as the nation held a vigil in hospital corridors, he went through seven operations in total. He died on April 21. His vice president, Jose Sarney, was sworn in as a substitute. And a wave of collective shock, arriving just as Brazil was stepping out of military rule, needed somewhere to go.

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/v/j/y/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom-wp/6vjy-tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-free-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom: A Dove in the Three Powers Plaza https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom/ It went to Oscar Niemeyer. The same architect who had designed Brasilia's Supreme Federal Court Palace and its presidential Planalto sketched a cenotaph for the plaza that united them - the Praca dos Tres Poderes. His design symbolized a dove. Three floors, 2,105 square meters, w...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/v/j/y/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom-wp/6vjy-tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-free-not-a-mausoleum.mp3 0:06 3 full Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom: Who Stands in the Book https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom/ The list in the Book of Steel is deliberately broad. It includes emperors (Dom Pedro I) and republican founders (Deodoro da Fonseca). It includes women who led men into battle (Maria Felipa de Oliveira commanded 200 fighters at Itaparica; Jovita Feitosa was a pioneer woman soldie...

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]]> Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/v/j/y/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom-wp/6vjy-tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-free-who-stands-in-the-book.mp3 0:06 4 full Tancredo Neves Pantheon of the Fatherland and Freedom: Tiradentes Tortured in Glass https://qualla.com/tancredo-neves-pantheon-of-the-fatherland-and-freedom/ The interior holds two works honoring the martyrs of the Inconfidencia Mineira. On the second floor, in the Red Hall, Athos Bulcao's Liberty Wall forms a triangle out of three modular panels, each 13.54 meters long and 2.76 meters high - the triangular symbol of the failed 1789 r...

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