Título / Título / Título

EN Monroe Palace - General view

ES Palacio Monroe - Vista General

PT Palácio Monroe - Vista geral

Description / Descripción / Descrição

EN Public Buildings - Rio de Janeiro Monroe Palace General view from right This building was the Brazilian Pavilion at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Missouri in 1904. Designed by Brazil's Commissioner-General at the Exposition, Col. F. M. de Souza Aguiar. It is French renaissance style, with a rectangular body and two circular loggias at the two ends. At the close of the St. Louis Exposition, the building was dismantled and transferred to Rio de Janeiro. There it was reassembled and named in honor of President James Monroe and the Monroe Doctrine. Until 1937 it served as the Federal Senate, then became the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice and of the Interior.

Creator / Creadora / Criador

EN Florence Arquin, photographer

Place / Lugar

EN -22.90572/ -43.17709

Location / Localización / Localização

EN Centro (populated place), Rio de Janeiro (state), Brazil (nation)

Format / Formato / Formato

EN 35mm kodachrome slide

Publisher / Editor / Editor

EN Florida Atlantic University

Subject / Tema / Assunto

EN buildings (structures), windows, arches, trees (woody plants), columns (architectural elements), arch, dome or vault components, stairs

ES edificios, ventanas, arcos, árbol, columnas (elemento arquitectónico), arco, componentes de bóveda y cúpula, escaleras

PT edifícios (estruturas), janelas, arcos, árvores (plantas lenhosas), colunas (elementos arquitetônicos), componentes de arco, cúpula ou abóbada, escadas

Type / Tipo / Tipo

EN still image

Identifier / Identificador / Identificador

EN B-3 114

Rights / Derechos / Direitos

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