The Jabiru's Palace () is the

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of the

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. The

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was designed, along with the rest of the city of

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, by

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and inaugurated in 1977. It is located near the

Palácio da Alvorada The Palácio da Alvorada () is the official residence of the President of Brazil. It is located in the national capital of Brasília, on a peninsula at the margins of Paranoá Lake. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer and built between ...

in Brasília. The name comes from a common bird of the region, the

Jabiru The jabiru ( or ; ''Jabiru mycteria'') is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It sometimes wanders into the United States, usually in Texas, but has been reported as far north as Mississippi. ...

. The Jaburu was designed in 1973 and inaugurated in 1977 – seventeen years after the inauguration of Brasília. Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, Vice President of

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was the first resident, followed by Aureliano Chaves (Vice President of

João Figueiredo João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military leader and politician who was the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the military regime that ruled the country follo ...

) and

Itamar Franco Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (; 28 June 19302 July 2011) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd president of Brazil from 29 December 1992 to 31 December 1994. Previously, he was the 21st vice president of Brazil from 1990 until the ...

(Vice President of

Fernando Collor Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Coll ...

). Marco Maciel (Vice President of

Fernando Henrique Cardoso Fernando Henrique Cardoso (; born 18 June 1931), also known by his initials FHC (), is a Brazilian sociologist, professor and politician who served as the 34th president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2002. He was the first Brazi ...

) occupied the Palace from 1995 to 2002.

The building

To the side of the lagoon that gave the name to it and to the edges of the

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, 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 Jabiru's Palace is in the topographical level of the

, occupying an area of 190,000 square meters. In its gardens, projected by the landscape designer

Roberto Burle Marx Roberto Burle Marx (August 4, 1909 – June 4, 1994) was a Brazilian landscape architect (as well as a painter, print maker, ecologist, naturalist, artist and musician) whose designs of parks and gardens made him world-famous. He is accredited ...

, 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

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, that circulate with absolute freedom in the immense green area.

Gallery

Interior

File:Palácio do Jaburu - Vitral de Marianne Peretti na entrada da sala de estar (14284364403).jpg, Living Room File:2014 - Palácio do Jaburu (11822012603).jpg, Dining Room File:2014 - Palácio do Jaburu (11822053073).jpg, Family Room File:Palácio do Jaburu - Sala de projeção (14262185292).jpg, Theater File:2014 - Palácio do Jaburu (11821689765).jpg, Chapel

Exterior

File:Palácio do Jaburu (14284255293).jpg, The front entrance to the residence File:Palácio do Jaburu (14264063925).jpg, Side view File:Palácio do Jaburu (14077422657).jpg, Garden File:Palácio do Jaburu - Pátio interno (14263441504).jpg, Internal courtyard File:2014 - Palácio do Jaburu (11821686805).jpg, Swimming pool

References

Official residence of the Vice President
''Presidência da República''. * Galler

External links

Vice-Presidency of Brazil
(Official Website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Jabiru's Palace Official residences in Brazil Presidential residences Buildings and structures in Brasília Oscar Niemeyer buildings Houses completed in 1977