Building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Palais de Marbre
Alternative names
Marble Palace
General information
Architectural style
Hypermodern
Town or city
Ngaliema, Kinshasa
Country
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Completed
1970; 54 years ago (1970)
Owner
Joseph Kabila
Design and construction
Architect(s)
Eugène Palumbo and Fernand Tala N'Gai
The Palais de Marbre, also known as Marble Palace, is a palace and historic building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated atop a hill in the Ngaliema Commune within the residential neighborhood of Ma Campagne, located a few miles from Mont-Fleury. The complex serves as a guest residence during specific official visits and is accessible to the general public, housing an exhibition that chronicles the history of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's assassination.[1][2][3][4][5]
^Nsapu, Dido (January 16, 2023). "Au Mémorial du Palais de marbre, les souvenirs restent encore vivaces 22 ans après l'assassinat de Mzee Kabila". www.digitalcongo.cd (in French). Retrieved 2023-10-19.
^"Bouclage au Palais de marbre: traque d'un fou suspecté d'être un infiltré rwandais" [Closure at the Marble Palace: tracking down a madman suspected of being a Rwandan infiltrator]. www.mediacongo.net (in French). April 14, 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
^"Vif engouement de la population au Mémorial Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila au Palais de marbre" [Strong enthusiasm of the population at the Mzee Laurent Désiré Kabila Memorial at the Marble Palace]. ACP (in French). 2021-01-17. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
^Kouadio, Jean-Francois (2017-10-26). La Republique des singes (in French). Oxford, United Kingdom: African Books Collective. p. 110. ISBN 978-1-990922-62-6.
^"Kinshasa commémore l'an 19 de l'assassinat de Laurent Désiré Kabila". Radio Okapi (in French). 2020-01-16. Retrieved 2023-09-06.
The PalaisdeMarbre, also known as Marble Palace, is a palace and historic building in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated atop a hill...
of Bourbon, Madame la Duchesse, lived at the Trianon and later built the Palais Bourbon in Paris, the design of which copied the Trianon. In 1708, the prototypes...
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Hugo would later write about his brief stay here, quoting "C'était un palaisdemarbre..." ("It was a palace of marble"). There is a statue of Hugo across...
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the Royal Gate was destroyed, the Cour Royale was cleared and the Cour deMarbre lost its precious floor. When Napoleon became Emperor of the French in...
ISBN 978-0-226-23926-2. Fontaine, Gerard (2003). Visages demarbre et d'airain: La collection de bustes du Palais Garnier. Paris: Monum, Éditions du patrimoine....
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opened on the southern side of the cour demarbre and onto a small interior courtyard – at the time called the cour de la reine. In these rooms, Marie-Thérèse...
of eight rooms on the piano nobile behind the west façade of the Cour deMarbre which had once belonged to his father in the old chateau. To create a...
young children, particularly François de Villeroy, and divided his time between the Palais-Royal and the nearby Hotel de Villeroy. Sensing imminent death in...
Régime, is centrally located on the étage noble and overlooks the cour demarbre. The central east-west axis of the palace, city, and garden designs bisects...
chasteaux et parcs de Versailles et Marly. (Paris, 1701) Pinatel, Christine. "Un dessin révèle l'origine d'un marbre antique du parc de Versailles." Revue...
Musique et la Danse profane" marbre, (v.1900) Petit Palais des Champs-Élysées: "Nausicaa", (marbre, 1910) Maison d'éducation de la Légion d'honneur in Saint-Denis:...
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