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Palácio da Alvorada
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
.
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