Getting to know the Museum of the Republic in Rio de Janeiro

Today I will tell you about the Museum of the Republic in Rio de Janeiro.

The museum is located in the district of Catete, which is one of the southern districts of Rio, but it is a neighborhood very close to the city center, you can go on foot. Museu da República is in the building that is the Palácio do Catete, which for 63 years housed the headquarters of our Republic. The museum was opened in 1960 when the capital went to Brasilia.

The Museu da República has a commitment to the preservation of republican history in Brazil. 5th Street presents furniture artworks from the 19th and 20th centuries of Brazil. The Catete Palace was built in 1858 and was called Nova Nova Freiburg Palace. It was built at the behest of Baron Antonio Clemente Pinto. Antonio Clemente Pinto owned 15 coffee farms in the region, that is, a large coffee producer. The building was designed by German architect Gustav Waehneldt. The structure has a strong influence of Italian culture, in the urban palaces of Florence, the oldest.

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One of the most recurring figures in the architecture of the Palace is the figure of the Roman eagle that represents power and was one of the symbols of the baron of Nova Friborg. In 1896 the building was sold to the federal government, which made it the seat of the executive branch.

The prudent president of Morais, Campos Sales, Rodrigues Alves, Afonso Pena, Hermes da Fonseca, Wenseslau Braz, Epitacio Pessoa, Washington Luiz, Getúlio Vargas, Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Café Filho and Juscelino Kubitschek, lived in the Catete Palace. who proposed the change in the capital to the central plateau.

Everything in the Museum of the Republic is preserved at the moment when Juscelino Kubitschek went to New Capital. There you will find short and permanent exhibitions. the permanent Counts the six periods of Brazilian history: the Proclamation of the Republic; Oligarchic republic; National State Republic; Liberal Democratic Republic; Republic of the dictatorship; Citizen Republic

Visiting the Museum of the Republic is a journey through time and an excellent way to obtain information about our republican history, as well as being enchanted by the architecture and objects that date back to the imperial period. It is very worth it.