Belém, Brazil
Lauro Sodré Palace
Lauro Sodré Palace, also called Government Palace, and initially called Residence House, 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…
- City
- Belém
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Museum
- Suggested visit
- About 120 minutes
More places in Belém
- Bolonha Mansion
- Convent of the Mercedarians
- Our Lady of Grace Cathedral, Belém
- Basilica of Our Lady of Nazareth of Exile
- Feliz Lusitânia
- Utinga State Park
Background: Wikipedia