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the importance that image had in its construction. The windows are wood or iron, or still, executed with both materials, making it difficult to determine whether their treatment was part of the building's construction or if they were part of the architectural design of the architect
Korrodi. In contrast, the roof tiles are signed by the designer, while their colour (green) integrates into the landscape, something the rest of the building refuse to do.
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exterior and interior. This project was fruitless and in vain, as multiple divergences developed during the construction and conflicts with the local government authority ensued. In the course of the debacle many of the decorative elements of the interior, principally the ceramics (such as the
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In 1938, it was sold for 165 contos to an
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In 1992, there was a formal proposal to transform the residence into a cultural and recreative space, with restaurant and other social services, under the direction of architect Paulo Tonet. In
November, Joaquim Costa, manager of IPALTUR, transferred title of the palace to the company
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The construction was suspended in 1919, at a time when the interior of the home, was still in a state of basic comforts. Incomplete, its budget rounded 370 contos.
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