Rádio Moçambique Building (Maputo)

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General view of the headquarters of the radio station Rádio Moçambique , designed by Paolo Gaddini
The building is located in the eponymous street Rua da Rádio 2
Bronze plaques at the entrance, designed by António Duarte

The Edifício da Rádio Moçambique ("Rádio Moçambique Building"), sometimes also called Palácio da Rádio ("Radio Palace"), is a building in the Mozambican capital Maputo and the seat of the state radio broadcaster Rádio Mozambique . The building, erected in 1951, housed the colonial radio station Rádio Clube de Moçambique until 1975 .

history

The "Radio Friends Station" Rádio Clube de Moçambique , founded in 1933, has grown in importance over the years. In particular with the strong increase in the population of Portuguese East Africa , the station gained more and more audiences. For this reason, the colonial administration decided to build its own radio station for the station.

Design and construction of the building

The Italian architect Paolo Gadini received the order for the building . Construction began in 1949 (according to other sources in 1947 or 1948), the building was completed in 1951. Gadini designed a large structure consisting of four parts with Art Deco elements : a particularly striking eight-story tower towards the entrance, two side buildings and a rear building. The tower has colored glass windows facing the street. Because the two side buildings are of different sizes and are located on both sides of the tower, Gadini designed a striking structure for the city center. At the entrance to the building there are two bronze panels by the artist António Duarte , which show male figures making music and theater, as well as three decoratively designed window openings.

The building went into operation in 1951, on the station's 18th birthday. In 1957 more than 20,000 people visited the station, in 1959 it was 35,800. The station's record collection comprised 50,000 pieces in 1958 and 120,000 in 1970.

Mozambique independence

In the course of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal in 1974, Mozambique also gained its independence in 1975. Previously, the provisional government of Portugal and the independence movement FRELIMO agreed the details in the so-called Treaty of Lusaka ("Acordo de Lusaka") on September 7, 1974. Several soldiers stationed in Lourenço Marques then occupied the building of the radio station and hoped for support from the South African government in order to maintain the supremacy of the white settlers in the colony based on the Rhodesian model. They also sent a request for support from General António de Spínola . However, since neither was successful, they left the building a little later.

New transmitter

In the course of Mozambique's independence, the ruling FRELIMO nationalized all private companies. From the stations Rádio Clube de Moçambique , Voz de Moçambique , Emissora do Aero Clube da Beira and Rádio PAX , the government created the state company "Rádio Moçambique" on October 2, 1975. The state radio broadcaster took over the studios of the Rádio Clube and has since resided in the building in the city center of Maputo.

Since 2011 the building has been in the preselection for a list of monuments for the city of Maputo. It is listed under the number 31716 in the Portuguese monument database Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico , which also includes works by former Portuguese colonies.

Web links

Commons : Rádio Moçambique building  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Pictures of the building during colonial times [1] [2]

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Carlos Gonçalves: Os dias da rádio: Paixão e Sonho. (No longer available online.) In: De Outra Maneira. July 13, 2013, archived from the original on September 12, 2014 ; Retrieved September 12, 2014 (Portuguese). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.deoutramaneira.com
  2. ^ Rádio Clube de Moçambique. In: Património de Influência Portuguesa (HPIP). Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, October 18, 2012, accessed September 12, 2014 (Portuguese).
  3. ↑ António Feio: Livro de Ouro do Mundo Português - Moçambique . S. 40 ( omrmz.org ).
  4. ↑ a b c Tiago Lourenço: Edifício do Rádio Clube de Moçambique / Edifício da Rádio Moçambique / Palácio da Rádio. In: Sistema de Informação para o Património Arquitectónico (SIPA). 2011, accessed September 12, 2014 (Portuguese).
  5. ^ Dina Cristo: Rádio Clube de Moçambique I. In: O aqui e agora. Retrieved May 23, 2012, September 12, 2014 (Portuguese).

Coordinates: 25 ° 58 ′ 13.2 ″  S , 32 ° 34 ′ 31.1 ″  E