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The Antônio Lemos Palace (Palácio Antônio Lemos) is a historic building in Belém, Pará, Brazil. It was built between 1905 and 1908. The church was listed as a historic structure by the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute in 1942. Antônio Lemos Palace now houses the Museum of Art of Belém.

Protected status
The Antônio Lemos Palace was listed as a historic structure by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage in 1942. It was included in the Book of Historical Works as Inscription no. 190. The directive is dated July 7, 1942.

Access
The museum is open to the public and may be visited.

"Antônio Lemos Palace was designed by José da Gama Abreu in 1860. It was designed in the in late neoclassical style, and underwent additions and modifications in 1883 by Landi. Governor Lemos decorated the interior in the early 20th century. He adding upholstery, furniture and objects of European fashion, signed by masters such as Capranesi, De Angelis and Teodoro Braga in 1911. He assembled an important collection of art rivaling those of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The palace was again renovated in 1927.

The palace underwent minor renovations in 1973 under the government of Nélio Lobato. The mortal remains of Antônio Lemos were brought from Rio de Janeiro, where he had died in 1913. In the 80s, I

It houses many functions in the 1980s. Precarious wooden partitions were placed to divided spaces, and old painting and the walls were covered over; the furniture and other objects were abandoned.

A restoration in 1992 recovered the original lines of the project in 1860, eliminating the modifications made in 1883. The internal decoration followed the eclecticism of the beginning of the century and the intervention of Lemos.

Antônio Lemos Palace became the seat of the Municipal Government and the Museum of Art in Belém in 1994.

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"The Palacete Azul is constructed on two floors. The ground floor has a series of barred windows, with full arched lintels, a terrace over a portico with openings in the front and two sides, in an arch, flanked by columns. The upper floor has a series of arched windows, with a pediment and balcony with a balustrades. On the running platband there are three pediments, the center one being decorated with statues and the others with spires. The rear façade has the same type of composition, except for the portico arches and the pediments of the platband, which do not exist in them. Inside, the mass-worked ceilings are exquisitely executed and the walls and ceilings are decorated with floral motifs."

Museum of Art of Belém
Museum of Art of Belém.