The Palácio do Povo (People's Palace), formerly the Palácio do Governo (Government Palace), is a public building in the city centre of
in
Cape Verde
Cape Verde or Cabo Verde, officially the Republic of Cabo Verde, is an island country and archipelagic state of West Africa in the central Atlantic Ocean, consisting of ten volcanic islands with a combined land area of about . These islands ...
. It is situated at the eastern end of
Rua Libertadores de África
Rua Libertadores de África (Portuguese for "street of the Liberators of Africa") is one of the main streets in the city centre of Mindelo, Cape Verde It was formerly called Rua Lisboa ("Lisbon
Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest c ...
(formerly Rua Lisboa).
[Revitalização como mecánismo de protecção do património arquitectónico: uma proposta para Mindelo]
Valdemar Jorge de Almeida Fortes Martins, 2014, p. 30-31
It was built in 1874, when there were plans to move the capital of Cape Verde to Mindelo. Originally with only one floor, it was expanded with a second floor between 1928 and 1934.
[Génese e desenvolvimento da cidade do Mindelo: a preservação de uma identidade]
Fred Yanick Fonseca Delgado, 2016, p. 126 Since independence (1975), it is called ''Palácio do Povo''.
[ It currently houses a ]Carnival
Carnival (known as Shrovetide in certain localities) is a festive season that occurs at the close of the Christian pre-Lenten period, consisting of Quinquagesima or Shrove Sunday, Shrove Monday, and Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras.
Carnival typi ...
museum.[
]
See also
* List of buildings and structures in São Vicente, Cape Verde
References
External links
Palácio do Governo
- HPIP
Buildings and structures in Mindelo
Portuguese colonial architecture in Cape Verde
{{CapeVerde-struct-stub