The Palácio Quitandinha is a historic former luxury resort hotel in Petrópolis, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 1947, the Palácio Quitandinha was the site of the Rio Treaty, attended by United States President Harry Truman.
Designed by Italian architect Luis Fossatti,[1] and constructed between 1941 and 1946 by Brazilian entrepreneur Joaquim Rolla,[2] the Palácio Quitandinha is one of the most impressive architectural monuments in Petrópolis. The exterior is in the Norman-French style,[3] while the interior is a mix of Brazilian Baroque and Art Deco.[1] The surface area of the hotel is 50 thousand square meters. It has six floors, with a 10 meter high ground floor. It has 440 rooms plus 13 suites with decor by Dorothy Draper.[4]
The hotel was, for many years, probably the second most famous hotel of the country, after the Copacabana Palace hotel in Rio de Janeiro, which is only about 65 km from Petrópolis. The scenic artificial lake in front of the hotel, loosely resembling the shape of Brazil, was built to provide a source of water in the event of a fire.
Interior of the restaurant
When it was opened as the "Cassino Hotel Quitandinha", the Palácio Quitandinha was the largest hotel casino in Latin America. Gambling had been permitted in Brazil since 1930, but it was outlawed on May 30, 1946 by decree of the federal government under president Eurico Gaspar Dutra. The ruling outlawed all types of gambling from casinos to games of chance in Brazil.[2] As a result, the casino closed after only two years.
The hotel eventually closed in 1962 and its rooms were sold as private residences in 1963. The imposing façade and the scenic surrounding of the hotel makes it an important tourist attraction itself. The building's enormous public areas were restored by SESC, a Brazilian commerce organization which had taken them over, beginning in 2007.[1]
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ReferencesEdit
^ abc(PDF). Art Deco Brasil. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
^ abcCassinos do Brasil. . Cassinos do Brasil.com.br. Archived from the original on 22 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2012.
^Francoise Klingen; John Malathronas; Sue Chester (2009). Michelin Travel Guide Rio de Janeiro. MICHELIN. p. 208. ISBN978-190-626-195-5.
^Life (1947), Life magazine, p. 30, Time Inc, ISSN 0024-3019
External linksEdit
Media related to Palácio Quitandinha at Wikimedia Commons
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Living in Quitandinha (in Portuguese)
October 18, 2023
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