BOM JESUS DE CUIABÁ CATHEDRAL

The Bom Jesus de Cuiabà cathedral is not the monument that justifies a trip to Cuiabà. It was very beautiful in a previous life, but its present vaguely modernist appearance lacks soul. Rebuilt in the 1930s, it is now a vast, austere and angular building, decorated with two clock faces, which makes it look like a railway station. A surprising mix of classical gilding and modern right angles, it is nevertheless worth a look.