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shaloom yave - 5
The Palace of the Nation of Kinshasa (commune of Gombe) is the current official residence and office of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001. Originally, the Palais de la Nation was the residence of the governor general, the highest colonial official and representative of the King of the Belgians in the colony. The building was not completed on time, however, and later became the seat of the Congolese parliament and, indeed, the symbol of the new independent state. The Palais de la Nation has had a long and complex history. The first project, designed in 1924 by a state architect, clearly illustrates the ambitions of the time. It took as a model the Beaux-Arts style architecture of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren and the Laeken Castle in Brussels, Belgium. It was not until 1956 that the first stone was laid because two competitions were organized, in which some renowned architects took part. Marcel Lambrichs is named winner of the second competition. His project corresponds perfectly to the megalomaniac[non-neutral] city project of Georges Ricquier (1902-1963) for “Le Grand Léo” from the 1940s. Despite its colonial past, the building has proven itself to become a powerful national symbol for the country. The Palais de la Nation represents a place of high symbolic value in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located along the Congo River, it opens onto a square where the equestrian statue of King Leopold II was enthroned. Removed in 1967, as part of the campaign for “a return to authenticity” led by President Mobutu Sese Seko, the square now hosts a mausoleum, erected between January 2001 and January 2002, in honor of President Laurent- Désiré Kabila. The Palace has become a place of Congolese memory, it is in fact in this place that June 30, 1960, the day of the proclamation of the independence of the Congo by the Belgian parliament, was held in the presence of King Baudouin, the speech by Patrice Lumumba, denouncing the Belgian colonial government. The new Parliament of the young Republic of Congo (official name of Congo-Léopoldville at the time) took up residence there until moving to the People's Palace where it currently resides. Joseph Kabila settled there after temporarily occupying the Cité de l'Union Africaine. Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko resided at the Mount Ngaliema Palace and Laurent-Désiré Kabila at the Marble Palace. Joseph Kabila's three swearing-ins took place there in 2001 when he came to power, in 2003 after the signing of the Global and Inclusive Agreement ending the Second Congo War and finally on December 6, 2006 after his election. against Jean-Pierre Bemba. On January 24, 2019, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and new president-elect takes his oath. He thus becomes the fifth president of the country, and the first to come to power through a peaceful alternation.
shaloom yave - 5
The Palace of the Nation of Kinshasa (commune of Gombe) is the current official residence and office of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo since 2001. Originally, the Palais de la Nation was the residence of the governor general, the highest colonial official and representative of the King of the Belgians in the colony. The building was not completed on time, however, and later became the seat of the Congolese parliament and, indeed, the symbol of the new independent state. The Palais de la Nation has had a long and complex history. The first project, designed in 1924 by a state architect, clearly illustrates the ambitions of the time. It took as a model the Beaux-Arts style architecture of the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren and the Laeken Castle in Brussels, Belgium. It was not until 1956 that the first stone was laid because two competitions were organized, in which some renowned architects took part. Marcel Lambrichs is named winner of the second competition. His project corresponds perfectly to the megalomaniac[non-neutral] city project of Georges Ricquier (1902-1963) for “Le Grand Léo” from the 1940s. Despite its colonial past, the building has proven itself to become a powerful national symbol for the country. The Palais de la Nation represents a place of high symbolic value in the history of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Located along the Congo River, it opens onto a square where the equestrian statue of King Leopold II was enthroned. Removed in 1967, as part of the campaign for “a return to authenticity” led by President Mobutu Sese Seko, the square now hosts a mausoleum, erected between January 2001 and January 2002, in honor of President Laurent- Désiré Kabila. The Palace has become a place of Congolese memory, it is in fact in this place that June 30, 1960, the day of the proclamation of the independence of the Congo by the Belgian parliament, was held in the presence of King Baudouin, the speech by Patrice Lumumba, denouncing the Belgian colonial government. The new Parliament of the young Republic of Congo (official name of Congo-Léopoldville at the time) took up residence there until moving to the People's Palace where it currently resides. Joseph Kabila settled there after temporarily occupying the Cité de l'Union Africaine. Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko resided at the Mount Ngaliema Palace and Laurent-Désiré Kabila at the Marble Palace. Joseph Kabila's three swearing-ins took place there in 2001 when he came to power, in 2003 after the signing of the Global and Inclusive Agreement ending the Second Congo War and finally on December 6, 2006 after his election. against Jean-Pierre Bemba. On January 24, 2019, Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo and new president-elect takes his oath. He thus becomes the fifth president of the country, and the first to come to power through a peaceful alternation.
Kambale Barthelemy Esie - 5
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Kambale Barthelemy Esie - 5
ᴼᵘⁱ ᶜ'ᵉˢᵗ ᵗʳèˢ cool
Baron Th - 5
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Baron Th - 5
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MD Shahriar Alam (Shawon) - 5
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MD Shahriar Alam (Shawon) - 5
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