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 1957 and 1958 in the modernist style. It has been the residence of every Brazilian president since Juscelino Kubitschek. The building is listed as a National Historic Heritage Site.
Main façade of the palace
The Palácio da Alvorada under construction between 1957 and 1958
President Dilma Rousseff with U.S. President Barack Obama and his family in the Entrance Hall, 19 March 2011
A view inside the State Room
An official residence is a residence designated by an authority and assigned to an official, and may not always be the same place where the office holder conducts their official functions or lives.
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