Palácio Tiradentes

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The Tiradentes Palace 1964

The Palácio Tiradentes is located on Praça Quinze de Novembro in the city of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . It was the building of the Brazilian National Congress between 1926 and 1960 and is currently the seat of the legislative assembly of the state of Rio de Janeiro .

history

Built on the site of an old colonial prison, the palace replaced the former building of the Imperial Parliament. His name honors the national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier , called Tiradentes , in English "tooth puller", who was imprisoned there before he was executed on the gallows on April 21, 1792 and then quartered.

With the proclamation of the Estado Novo in 1937, the Tiradentes Palace became the seat of the Department of Press and Propaganda (DIP). With the end of the Estado Novo in 1954, the Chamber of Deputies returned to the house.

When Brasília became the capital in 1960 , Rio de Janeiro became part of the State of Guanabara, and the Tiradentes Palace became the seat of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Guanabara. Guanabara existed between 1960 and 1975. After the establishment of the state of Rio de Janeiro , the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro was housed in the Tiradentes Palace.

Main entrance of the Palácio Tiradentes

Building

The building is in an eclectic style. Allegorical sculptures are placed above the entrance to symbolize the independence of the republic. Inside the dome, decorated with paintings by the Brazilian artist Rodolfo Chambelland , there is a stained glass window depicting the sky as it did on the night of November 15, 1889, when the Republic of Brazil was proclaimed. The building also houses decorations by renowned artists such as Eliseu Visconti , Carlos Oswald, and John Timothy Costa . A decorative panel of the Tiradentes Palace was made by Eliseu Visconti in 1926 and represents the signing of the first republican constitution in 1891. On the large panel, restored in 2001, there are life-size portraits of the sixty-three MPs.

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Coordinates: 22 ° 54 ′ 13.9 ″  S , 43 ° 10 ′ 26 ″  W.