Iguaçu palace, Government palace in Curitiba, Brazil.
Iguaçu Palace is a government building in Curitiba's Centro Cívico district, featuring large windows and clean architectural lines. The structure contains administrative offices and official reception areas designed for state governmental operations.
Iguaçu Palace was conceived under governor Bento Munhoz da Rocha, who led Paraná in the 1950s, and was inaugurated in 1953. The project also foresaw the Legislative Assembly of Paraná and several public buildings near the state seat. On 14 May 2007 the government moved temporarily to the Palácio das Araucárias for renovations, and on 18 December 2010, during the festivities of 157 years of Paraná's political emancipation, the building again housed the state executive.
The palace's name comes from the Iguaçu River, and it stands as the seat of Paraná's executive branch in the Centro Cívico, a district planned alongside it in the 1950s. The same project foresaw the Legislative Assembly of Paraná and several public buildings near the state headquarters, so the palace is the centrepiece of a purpose-built government quarter rather than a standalone monument.
The palace stands in Curitiba's Centro Cívico, alongside the Legislative Assembly of Paraná and other public buildings laid out in the same 1950s project. The seat of government moved temporarily to the Palácio das Araucárias on 14 May 2007 for renovations and returned on 18 December 2010, during the celebrations of 157 years of Paraná's political emancipation.
The palace was temporarily replaced as the seat of Paraná's government on 14 May 2007, when the executive moved to the Palácio das Araucárias during renovation works. It returned on 18 December 2010, the date of the festivities marking 157 years of Paraná's political emancipation.
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