The Dom Bosco Sanctuary (Santuário Dom Bosco)
 |
| The Dom Bosco Sanctuary at Brasilia - http://brazilguide.blogspot.com.br/ |
Out of the mainstream tours in Brasilia, there´s this incredible many shades of blue-windowed church at W3 south street, just in the begining of Asa Sul neighbourhood.
 |
| The Dom Bosco Sanctuary at Brasilia - http://brazilguide.blogspot.com.br |
Far less known than Brasília´s Cathedral, there´s not a single person who doesn´t express a wow! once entering this astonishing place.
It is realy worth visiting. According to sunlight, the colours inside may vary, and even by night the place is gorgeous, with its huge chandelier almost flying over the audience.
 |
Dom Bosco was an italian priest, who lived in the XIXth century, and he had a dream of a prosperous place, close to a lake, from where land would provide milk and honney, in between the paralels 15 and 20. In italian (text taken from wikipedia):
Tra il grado 15 e il 20 grado vi era un seno assai lungo e assai largo que partiva di un punto che formava un lago. Allora una voce disse ripetutamente, quando si verrano a scavare le miniere nascoste in mezzo a questi monti di quel seno apparirà qui la terra promessa fluente latte e miele, sarà una ricchezza inconcepibilie. (Memorie Biografiche, XVI, 385-394)
Many people claim he foresaw the building of Brasilia, so he was chosen as the city´s patron saint.
Crossing the lake, in the outskirts of the city, there´s also the Dom Bosco shrine (Ermida Dom Bosco), from where the city can be seen. See previous post about it, but don´t mistake the two places: they´re quite far away.
