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Palácio Lauro Sodré

Brazil · 18th century

Founded
1771
Style
Neoclassical architecture
Architect
Giuseppe Antonio Landi
Heritage status
Heritage of Portuguese Influence · heritage asset listed by IPHAN
Location
Belém
Coordinates
-1.45628°, -48.50305°
Links
Wikimedia Commons
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Palácio Lauro Sodré in Brazil
Photo: Celso Abreu from Belém, Brasil · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Description

Lauro Sodré Palace (Portuguese: Palácio Lauro Sodré), also called Government Palace (Portuguese: Palácio do Governo), and initially called Residence House (Portuguese: Casa de Residência), is a public building, palace, museum and seat of the state government, built in 1680 and located in the neighborhood of Cidade Velha, in the Brazilian city of Belém, in the state of Pará.

It was designed in the classical Italian style by the Bolognese architect Antonio Landi, technician of the Kingdom, at the request of the governor of Grão-Pará, Manuel Bernardo Mello de Castro, and inaugurated by the Portuguese colonial administrator João Pereira Caldas to be the headquarters of the Portuguese government as the palace of the governors of the State of Grão-Pará and Maranhão.

In 1994, during the administration of governor Jader Barbalho, the palace was transformed into the Pará State Museum (MEP), housing several forms of artistic manifestations, from visual arts exhibitions to video-mapping projections on its facade. It is also called the King's Palace, due to rumors that it was made to house King Joseph I and the royal family.

Text adapted from “Lauro Sodré Palace” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

In the rankings

Palácio Lauro Sodré ranks #7,494 of 9,902 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #33 of the 81 mapped in Brazil. Founded 1771, it is older than 15% of the atlas's dated landmarks, one of 757 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Brazil compares in the castle statistics.

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