Felipe Camarão Palace - Natal Historic Center

Natal City Hall, the Palácio Felipe Camarão is one of the most eclectic remnants representative of historical styles.

The building Felipe Camarão Palace was built in 1922, by the italian architect Miguel Micussi, was opened in the same year on September 7, marking the centenary of the Independence of Brazil, in the administration of Governor Jose Antonio de Mello e Souza (1920 - 1924) and the municipal mayor Theodosius Paiva.

The City Hall was called "Palace Felipe Camarão" by Law 359 / A, 1955, in honor of the Indian Poti, who was the head of Rio Grande do Norte, a tribe that inhabited the banks of the River Potengi.

The Indian Poti was born in the village of Vila Velha in Igapó, and in 1612 was catechized and baptized along with his wife Clara Camarão going to call Antonio Felipe Camarão. The first name in honor of the saint's day, the second to the king of Portugal, and the third represents the translation of the word indigenous Poti.

Felipe Camarão stood out in the struggle to expel the Dutch invaders in the captaincy of Pernambuco. Because of his bravery, the king of Portugal, on May 16, 1633, granted him a coat of arms and named him captain general of all the Indians of Brazil, passing from there, using the word Don before name, as an indication of nobility. He also received the commendation of Soure mills, the same king of Portugal. Bishop Felipe Antonio Camarão died in the year 1648 in Varzea in arrebaldes of Recife.

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R. Ulisses Caldas, 81 - Cidade Alta, Natal - RN
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