Two photographs of the legendary Maracanã stadium, under construction, with the autographs of the engineer and the mayor at the time.
Two photographs of the Maracanã stadium under construction, one signed by one of the main engineers (not yet identified) and the other by the mayor of Rio de Janeiro at the time (1947 - 1951) Angelo Menndês de Morais.
17.5 cm x 12.8 cm each.
1948 or 1949.
Excellent condition for conservation, each photograph has two perforations that do not damage the images or signatures.
Single set.
The Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro is one of the largest football stadiums in the world and was opened in 1950 for the World Cup that year. Since then, the legendary Maracanã has been used for major sporting and cultural events and has become one of the symbols of Brazil and Rio de Janeiro, along with the Christ the Redeemer statue, Sugarloaf Mountain and Copacabana beach. It hosted the 2014 World Cup final and the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2016 Olympic Games.
Construction work began in 1948 and lasted until 1950, with a second phase lasting until 1965. 500,000 bags of cement, 10,000 tons of iron, 80,000 cubic meters of concrete, 650,000 square meters of wood, 45,000 square meters of sand, 138 million cubic meters of landfill, among others, were consumed. 40,000 trucks were used and almost 8 million hours of uninterrupted work were carried out.
Old photographs of Maracanã, signed by famous people, are extremely rare and are increasingly sought after on the market, due to recent events, the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
