- Palácio do Jaburu
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name=Palácio do Jaburu
caption= Palácio do Jaburu
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location_town=Brasília
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architect=Oscar Niemeyer
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construction_start_date=1973
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size=The Palácio do Jaburu (English: "Palace of the Jabiru") is the
official residence of theVice-President of Brazil . Thepalace was designed, along with the rest of the city ofBrasília , byOscar Niemeyer and inaugurated in1977 . It is located near thePalácio da Alvorada in Brasília. The name comes from a common bird of the region, theJabiru .The Jaburu was projected in 1973 and inaugurated in 1977 - seventeen years after the inauguration of Brasília. Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, Vice-President of
Ernesto Geisel was the first resident, followed byAureliano Chaves (Vice-President ofJoão Figueiredo ) andItamar Franco (Vice-President ofFernando Collor ).Marco Maciel (Vice-president ofFernando Henrique Cardoso ) occupied the Palace from 1995 to 2002.The Palace
To the side of the lagoon that gave the name to it and to the edges of the
Paranoá Lake , the Palace of the Jaburu was projected by the architect Oscar Niemeyer to be the official residence of the Vice-president of the Republic, with the urbanistic concept proposed by Lúcio Costa for Brasília.The main characteristic of the Palace and its differential from others, such as the Palácio da Alvorada, is the fact of it being a construction exclusively destined to housing. Its 4,283 square meters privilege the external area, with generous varandas and common areas.
Located along the Presidential Way, between the Palaces of Planalto and Alvorada, the Palácio do Jaburu is in the topographical level of the Paranoá Lake, occupying an area of 190,000 square meters. In its gardens, projected by the land-scape designer
Roberto Burle Marx , species of typical trees join the ornamental plants brought from other regions of the Country.Natural aviary
The tranquillity of the place helps to transform it into a natural aviary of
rheas , that circulate with absolute freedom in the immense green area.References
* [http://www.presidencia.gov.br/vice_pres/residencia_oficial/ Residência oficial da vice-presidência] "Presidência da República", accessed on
June 12 ,2008 .ee also
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Palácio do Planalto
*Palácio da Alvorada External links
* [http://www.vice-presidencia.gov.br/ Vice-Presidency of Brazil] (Official Website)
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