Brazil
Federal District
Brasília

Palácio do Planalto

The Palácio do Planalto in is the official workplace of the president of Brazil. The building was designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1958 and inaugurated on 21 April 1960.
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: palace in Brasília, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Palacio do Planalto”
  • Address: Brasília
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Praça dos Três Poderes and National Mast of Brasilia.

Square
Photo: Senado Federal, CC BY 2.0.
or Three Powers Plaza is a plaza in , the capital of . The name is derived from the presence of the three branches of government around the plaza: the Executive, represented by the Palácio do Planalto; the Legislative represented by the National Congress of Brazil; and the Judiciary, represented by the Supreme Federal Court. is situated 240 metres south of Palácio do Planalto.

Photo: Daderot, CC0.
is situated 220 metres south of Palácio do Planalto.

Museum
Photo: Gustavo, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a cenotaph in the Brazilian capital , dedicated to the honour of national heroes. It was conceived during the national shock following the death in 1985 of president-elect Tancredo Neves, the first elected civilian president after twenty years of military rule. is situated 300 metres south of Palácio do Planalto.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brasilia and Lago Sul.

Photo: Sting, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, the capital of and the seat of government of the , is a planned city in the Central Highlands of Brazil. Inaugurated in 1960, it is a masterpiece of modernist architecture listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and attracts architecture enthusiasts worldwide.

Town
is an administrative region in the in . It is located on the south side of the eastern shore of , opposite of and . is situated 4½ km south of Palácio do Planalto.

Town
is an administrative region in the in Brazil. It is largely surrounded by to the east, and bordered by and to the west. is situated 7 km west of Palácio do Planalto.

Palácio do Planalto

Latitude
-15.79898° or 15° 47′ 56″ south
Longitude
-47.86076° or 47° 51′ 39″ west
Elevation
1,045 metres (3,428 feet)
Open location code
58PJ642Q+CM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 45817748
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
12115662
Wiki­data ID
Q496950
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Ukrainian—“Palácio do Planalto” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Arabic: “بالاسيو دو بلاناوتو”
  • Arabic: “قصر بلاناوتو”
  • Basque: “Planaltoko jauregia”
  • Bulgarian: “Паласио до Планалто”
  • Bulgarian: “Паласиу ду Планалту”
  • Bulgarian: “Президентски дворец”
  • Catalan: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Catalan: “Palau de Planalto”
  • Catalan: “Palau del Planalto”
  • Central Kurdish: “کۆشکی پلانتۆتۆ”
  • Chinese: “巴西總統府”
  • Chinese: “普拉納托宮”
  • Chinese: “普拉纳托宫”
  • Czech: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Dutch: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بالاسيو دو بلانالتو”
  • Esperanto: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • French: “palais du Planalto”
  • French: “Palais du Planalto”
  • Galician: “Palacio do Planalto”
  • German: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • German: “Planalto-Palast”
  • Hebrew: “ארמון פלנלטו”
  • Indonesian: “Istana Planalto”
  • Indonesian: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Italian: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Japanese: “ブラジル大統領オフィス”
  • Japanese: “プラナルト宮殿”
  • Korean: “브라질 대통령궁”
  • Korean: “팔라시우 두 플라나우투”
  • Korean: “플라나우투 궁전”
  • Korean: “플라나우투궁”
  • Korean: “플라날토 궁전”
  • Macedonian: “Дворец Планалто”
  • Malay: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Persian: “کاخ پلانالتو”
  • Polish: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Portuguese: “Palácio dos Despachos”
  • Russian: “Дворец Планалту”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Slovenian: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Spanish: “Palacio de Planalto”
  • Spanish: “Palacio del Planalto”
  • Spanish: “Palacio do Planalto”
  • Spanish: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Swedish: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Swedish: “Planaltopalatset”
  • Turkish: “Palácio do Planalto”
  • Ukrainian: “Палац Планалту”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palácio do Planalto”. Photo: micheltemer, CC BY 2.0.