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Palácio da Alvorada

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The Entrance Hall is the main entrance area of the palace. Its main feature is a golden wall inscribed with a phrase by president Kubitschek: "From this central plateau, this vast emptiness that will soon become the center of national decisions, I look once more at the future of my country and
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to their original styles. Furniture and decoration objects were also restored. The electric and central air conditioning systems were replaced, and floor and ceiling work was done. Contrary to popular belief, the restoration was not paid by the government, but was part of an ongoing project of
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The Banquet Room was designed by Anna Maria Niemeyer, and features a large dining table with fifty seats. In the back of the room there is a 19th-century cedar dresser, next to two chests dated from the beginning of the 20th century. It is decorated by two tapestries entitled
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had reportedly been moved from the library and hung into the sun, necessitating restoration work, and some artworks had disappeared entirely. A Brazilian cactus planted by Bolsonaro's predecessor and successor,
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has an area of 7,000 square metres (75,000 sq ft) distributed along three floors: basement, landing and second floor. Located in adjacent buildings within palace grounds are the
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There are 160 employees currently working at the palace, including secretaries, assistants, waiters, cooks, doctors and security personnel. The palace complex is protected by the
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The second floor is the residential part of the palace, with the presidential apartment consisting of four suites, two guest apartments and other private rooms.
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for official receptions. It is made up of the Entrance Hall, Waiting Room, State Room, Library, Mezzanine, Dining Room, Noble Room, Music Room and Banquet Room.
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directed the most extensive and historical restoration of the palace in its history. The project took two years to complete at a cost of $ 18.4 million
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The Mezzanine is a circulation area between the Entrance Hall, the Library and the Noble Room. It features a tapestry by Di Cavalcanti entitled
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The Palácio da Alvorada is used as a residence and for official receptions. The president's workplace and center of the executive branch is the
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The Music Room is located between the Noble Room and the Banquet Room. It features two upholstered sets of sofas separated by a German parlor
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The building was initially referred to as the "Presidential Palace". The name "Palácio da Alvorada" ("Palace of Dawn") comes from a quote by
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stand out in the room. Besides these works of art, the room is also decorated with two Baroque-style angels from the state of
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foresee this dawn with an unshakeable faith in its great destiny - Juscelino Kubitschek, October 2, 1956".
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The Dining Room was added in 1992, and is decorated with a table and twelve English chairs in
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and Brazilian history, among others. The library is decorated with a tapestry by
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The Waiting Room is decorated with a tapestry made by Concessa Colaço entitled
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The Library's book collection includes 3,406 literary works that range from
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The Palácio da Alvorada was the first government structure built in the new
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and two other Brazilian tables from the 18th century. Seventeenth-century
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The Noble Room is divided into four sections in which stand out two
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with funds donated by private corporations (for tax-deduction).
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The Palácio da Alvorada under construction between 1957 and 1958
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Que é Brasília, senão a alvorada de um novo dia para o Brasil?
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Via Presidencial, Zona Cívico-Administrativa – CEP 70150-000
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restoration of heritage sites under the direction of the
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National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage
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Alvorada Palace

Palácio da Alvorada is located in Brasília
Modernist
Brasília
DF
Brazil
Coordinates
15°47′33.98″S 47°49′19.83″W / 15.7927722°S 47.8221750°W / -15.7927722; -47.8221750
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
Federal government of Brazil
Oscar Niemeyer
gov.br/planalto
National Historic Heritage of Brazil
[paˈlasjudawvoˈɾadɐ]
official residence
president of Brazil
national capital
Brasília
peninsula
Paranoá Lake
Oscar Niemeyer
modernist style
Juscelino Kubitschek
National Historic Heritage Site
Palácio do Planalto
Juscelino Kubitschek

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