The Jaburu Palace () is the

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of the

vice president of Brazil The vice president of Brazil (), officially the vice president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (''Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil''), or simply the ''vice president of the republic'' (''Vice-Presidente da República'') i ...

. The building was designed, along with the rest of the city of

Brasília Brasília ( ; ) is the capital city, capital of Brazil and Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Located in the Brazilian highlands in the country's Central-West Region, Brazil, Central-West region, it was founded by President Juscelino ...

, by

Oscar Niemeyer Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer (), was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture. Niemeyer was b ...

and inaugurated in 1977. It is located near the Alvorada Palace. The name comes from a common bird of the region, the

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. The building was designed in 1973 and inaugurated in 1977 – seventeen years after the inauguration of Brasília. Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, vice president of

Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Beckmann Geisel (, ; 3 August 1907 – 12 September 1996) was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who served as the 29th president of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military dictatorship. Born to German Lutheran ...

, was the first resident, followed by

Aureliano Chaves Aureliano Chaves (13 January 1929 – 30 April 2003) was a Brazilian politician. Born in Três Pontas, state of Minas Gerais, he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the ARENA party. He was select ...

(vice president of

João Figueiredo João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (; 15 January 1918 – 24 December 1999) was a Brazilian military officer and dictator who served as the 30th president of Brazil from 1979 to 1985, the last of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, militar ...

) 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 1 January 1995. 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. Collor ...

Marco Maciel Marco Antônio de Oliveira Maciel (21 July 1940 – 12 June 2021) was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and law school professor who served as the 22nd vice president of Brazil from 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003, twice elected on the same ticke ...

(vice president of

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) occupied the building from 1995 to 2002.

The building

To the side of the lagoon that gave the name to it and to the edges of the Paranoá Lake, the Jaburu Palace was projected by architect Oscar Niemeyer to be the official residence of the vice president of Brazil, with the urbanistic concept proposed by

Lúcio Costa Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Early life Costa was born in Toulon, France, the son of Brazilian parents. His ...

for Brasília. The main characteristic of the palace and its differential from others, such as the Alvorada Palace, is the fact of it being a construction exclusively destined to housing. Its 4,283 square meters privilege the external area, with generous verandas and common areas. Located along the Presidential Way, between the palaces of Planalto and Alvorada, the Jaburu Palace is in the topographical level of the Paranoá Lake, occupying an area of 190,000 square meters. In its gardens, projected by 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 credited w ...

, species of typical trees join the ornamental plants brought from other regions of the Brazil.

Natural aviary

The tranquillity of the place helps to transform it into a natural aviary of

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, that freely circulate in the nearby green areas.

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 Vice presidential residences Buildings and structures in Brasília Oscar Niemeyer buildings Houses completed in 1977

The building

Natural aviary

Gallery

Interior

Exterior

See also

References

External links