Tourist Attraction in Teresina:
Palácio Karnak

The Karnak Palace is the official seat of the Piauí government. The palace has its white main facade inspired by classical architecture and its name in a temple with the same name that existed in ancient Egypt. The Palace of Karnak is the official seat of the executive power of the State of Piauí. Once the palace of Karnak was a baron of the Baron of Castelo Branco, and only in 1926 became the seat of the state government and official residence of the governor, in the management of Matias Olímpio de Melo. The last governor to reside in the palace was Petronio Portella. The name Karnak comes from a temple in ancient Egypt and the architecture of the palace was inspired by the Greek temples. In the '70s, under the government of Alberto Silva, he received gardens of contemporary architecture designed by the gardener Burle Marx. According to Cláudio Bastos in the reform that took place in the years 1975 and 1970 the architecture of the building underwent two mutilations "underwent a reform coordinated by the architects Acácio Gil Borsoi and Janete Costa, eliminating the inscription" Palace of Karnak ", the frieze of the portico and the coat of arms del Piauí, the pediment gable "The inside of the palace was decorated with oak and jacaranda furniture and Louis XVI style armchairs, present in the governor's office and with paintings by the piauí Naza and Alfredo Volpi painter, as well as the chandelier of crystal of the Lasckani and with many sacred pieces of colonial casares XVI century. And of the bronze sculpture donated by the governor of São Paulo, Lucas Nogueira Garcezall'allora governor Pedro de Almendra Freitas, and a lot of marble covering the floor of each building. Word processing: Giovambattista Spagnuolo (Myooni)

Attractions in Teresina