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Ir. Marcellin MULENGEZI - 4
The People's Palace is an iconic building located in the commune of Lingwala, in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Built between 1975 and 1979 thanks to Chinese cooperation, it serves as the seat of the Congolese Parliament, housing both the National Assembly and the Senate. Impressive in its size and architecture, it is inspired by the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The building covers over 30,000 m² and includes several large rooms: A congress hall that can accommodate approximately 3,500 people, A banquet hall with 1,000 seats, A performance hall, A restaurant, an international conference room, and numerous parliamentary offices. The People's Palace is not only a place of political deliberation, but also a historic space that has hosted major national events, such as state funerals, summits, and the National Sovereign Conference of the 1990s. However, despite its symbolic importance, the site today suffers from maintenance and unsanitary conditions, which contrast with its institutional value.
shaloom yave - 5
The Palais du Peuple is the seat of the Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo composed of the National Assembly and the Senate, in Kinshasa. The building is a structure constructed from 1975 to 1979 by China and Congo. It was commissioned by Mobutu Sese Seko, following a visit to China in 1973. The Palace also makes up the majority of the debt estimated at 100 million US dollars (2001) from Congo to China, which also includes the Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa and the Lotokila sugar factory in the Orientale Province. Its total cost was 42,300,000 US dollars, a cost which was offered as a donation by the Chinese Government in 1983. In June 1997, following the takeover of power by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo, the Parliament of the Republic, which had become Congo again, left the Palace of the Nation to settle in the People's Palace. In January 2001, the body of Laurent-Désiré Kabila was exposed there for three days before being buried. In May 2016, Papa Wemba's body was exposed there. The Palace was built under the direction of architectural engineers Lin Kia-Wu and Seka Fwatuyisa for the Chinese and Zairean sides respectively. The building is presented as a parallelepiped on three levels, an imposing building of 30,000 m2, 225 m long and 135 m wide, it houses the conference hall with a capacity of 3,500 seats. the Banquet hall has 800 seats with the possibility of reaching 1,000 seats, The performance hall has 800 seats, the restaurant 150 seats, the international conference room can reach 475 seats. The large entrance hall has a capacity of 1,000 people, nine rooms named after the nine former provinces of the country, thirteen press offices used during international conferences. Two large terraces can accommodate 3,000 people each for receptions and cocktails.
david khumata - 5
Super
Bénédicte Katende - 3
Beautiful building, but not very clean
Brummel - 5
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