Paço de São Cristóvão
Paço de São Cristóvão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈpasu dʒi sɐ̃w kɾisˈtɔvɐ̃w]; English: Palace of Saint Christopher; also known as Palácio Imperial or Palácio Imperial de São Cristóvão) was an imperial palace located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the Imperial Neighbourhood of São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It served as residence to the Portuguese royal family and later to the Brazilian imperial family until 1889, when the country became a republic through a coup d'état deposing Emperor Pedro II. The palace briefly served as a public building by the provisional government for the constituent assembly of the first republican constitution. It housed the major part (92.5%) of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil, which, together with the building, were largely destroyed by a fire on 2 September 2018.[1][2]
Paço de São Cristóvão
Ruin
Av. Pedro II, s/n
São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
20940-040, Brazil
26 m
1803
1862
1893
3 September 2018
2 September 2018
23 m
0
5920 m²
Pedro José Pezerát
Concrejato
99
1938
Painting of the Imperial Palace (1835–1840)
1858–1861
The Palace in the end of the 19th century
Emperor Pedro I's coffin arrives at the palace for exposition, 1972
The Imperial Palace after the Neoclassical intervention. Old pink paint
Investigations[edit]
The fire that destroyed the National Museum began in the air-conditioning equipment of auditorium on the ground floor. One of the three devices did not have external grounding, there was no individual circuit breaker for each of them and a wire was without insulation in contact with metal.[9]