Built as a Customs building in 1889, this green palace is on Fiscal Island in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. It was designed by Adolfo del Vecchio and built under the direction of Dom Pedro II, the second and last emperor of Brazil. It was also the site of the last Imperial Ball. A military coup d'etat on November 15, 1889 overthrew the monarchy. The Emperor and his family went into exile in Portugal, and Brazil created a new federalist, republican government under the Brazilian Constitution of 1891.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
Fiscal Island Palace
Built as a Customs building in 1889, this green palace is on Fiscal Island in Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro. It was designed by Adolfo del Vecchio and built under the direction of Dom Pedro II, the second and last emperor of Brazil. It was also the site of the last Imperial Ball. A military coup d'etat on November 15, 1889 overthrew the monarchy. The Emperor and his family went into exile in Portugal, and Brazil created a new federalist, republican government under the Brazilian Constitution of 1891.
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