Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, with a structural project by engineer Joaquim Cardozo, it was the first monument to be created in Brasilia.[2]​ Its foundation stone was placed on September 12, 1958 and its construction was completed on May 31, 1970.[3]​.

Its structure was ready in 1960,[3]​ and only the circular area of ​​seventy meters in diameter appeared, from which sixteen concrete columns (parabolic section pillars "Parabola (mathematical)") rose in a hyperboloid format, weighing ninety tons.

On May 31, 1970, it was inaugurated de facto, with transparent external windows. In the entrance plaza to the temple there are four bronze sculptures three meters high, representing the evangelists; The sculptures were made by Alfredo Ceschiatti with the help of the sculptor Dante Croce in 1968. Inside the nave are the sculptures of three angels suspended by steel cables. The dimensions and weight of the sculptures are 2.22 m in length and the smallest 100 kg; 3.40 m in length and 200 kg on average; and 4.25 m in length and 300 kg the largest.

This hyperboloid structure is built of concrete, and with its glass roof it seems that it stands open towards the sky. Niemeyer's project for the Cathedral of Brasilia was based on hyperboloids of revolution, where the sections are asymmetric. By itself, this structure is the result of sixteen identical assembled concrete columns. Each column has a hyperbolic section and weighs 90 tons, the whole represents two hands moving towards the sky. The cathedral has four bells donated by Spaniards residing in Brasilia in 1968. These bells were cast in Miranda de Ebro, Spain.[4]​.

The ovoid-shaped baptistery has ceramic tiles on its walls painted in 1977 by Athos Bulcão. The bell tower composed of four large bells "Campana (instrument)"), donated by Spain, completes the architectural ensemble. The roof of the nave "Nave (architecture)") has a stained glass window composed of sixteen pieces of fiberglass in shades of blue, green, white and brown inserted between the concrete pillars. Each piece is inserted into triangles ten meters wide and thirty meters high that were designed by Marianne Peretti in 1990. The altar was donated by Pope Paul VI and the image of Nossa Senhora Aparecida is a replica of the original found in Aparecida "Aparecida (São Paulo)"), São Paulo.

The via sacra is the work of Di Cavalcanti. At the entrance to the cathedral there is a pillar with passages from the life of Mary "Mary (mother of Jesus)"), painted by Athos Bulcão.

The parish priest of the cathedral is Father George Albuquerque Tajra. Because it is located on the Esplanade of the Ministries, the cathedral does not have a fixed community — a large part of the faithful who frequent it are tourists and workers on the esplanade. The cathedral is open every day for visits, with the exception of mass times.

• - Architecture of Brazil.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Brasília Cathedral.

• - Official site.

Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, with a structural project by engineer Joaquim Cardozo, it was the first monument to be created in Brasilia.[2]​ Its foundation stone was placed on September 12, 1958 and its construction was completed on May 31, 1970.[3]​.

Its structure was ready in 1960,[3]​ and only the circular area of ​​seventy meters in diameter appeared, from which sixteen concrete columns (parabolic section pillars "Parabola (mathematical)") rose in a hyperboloid format, weighing ninety tons.

On May 31, 1970, it was inaugurated de facto, with transparent external windows. In the entrance plaza to the temple there are four bronze sculptures three meters high, representing the evangelists; The sculptures were made by Alfredo Ceschiatti with the help of the sculptor Dante Croce in 1968. Inside the nave are the sculptures of three angels suspended by steel cables. The dimensions and weight of the sculptures are 2.22 m in length and the smallest 100 kg; 3.40 m in length and 200 kg on average; and 4.25 m in length and 300 kg the largest.

This hyperboloid structure is built of concrete, and with its glass roof it seems that it stands open towards the sky. Niemeyer's project for the Cathedral of Brasilia was based on hyperboloids of revolution, where the sections are asymmetric. By itself, this structure is the result of sixteen identical assembled concrete columns. Each column has a hyperbolic section and weighs 90 tons, the whole represents two hands moving towards the sky. The cathedral has four bells donated by Spaniards residing in Brasilia in 1968. These bells were cast in Miranda de Ebro, Spain.[4]​.

The ovoid-shaped baptistery has ceramic tiles on its walls painted in 1977 by Athos Bulcão. The bell tower composed of four large bells "Campana (instrument)"), donated by Spain, completes the architectural ensemble. The roof of the nave "Nave (architecture)") has a stained glass window composed of sixteen pieces of fiberglass in shades of blue, green, white and brown inserted between the concrete pillars. Each piece is inserted into triangles ten meters wide and thirty meters high that were designed by Marianne Peretti in 1990. The altar was donated by Pope Paul VI and the image of Nossa Senhora Aparecida is a replica of the original found in Aparecida "Aparecida (São Paulo)"), São Paulo.

The via sacra is the work of Di Cavalcanti. At the entrance to the cathedral there is a pillar with passages from the life of Mary "Mary (mother of Jesus)"), painted by Athos Bulcão.

The parish priest of the cathedral is Father George Albuquerque Tajra. Because it is located on the Esplanade of the Ministries, the cathedral does not have a fixed community — a large part of the faithful who frequent it are tourists and workers on the esplanade. The cathedral is open every day for visits, with the exception of mass times.

• - Architecture of Brazil.

• - Wikimedia Commons hosts a multimedia category on Brasília Cathedral.

• - Official site.