NATIONAL PALACE

The current National Palace (or Presidential Palace), completed in 1921, on plans by Haitian architect Baussan, collapsed in 2010 and remained unchanged since then, awaiting renovation. He had replaced the old palate in smoke in 1912, at the time of President Leconte. A large staircase and a four-column peristyle over the national arms led to the main body of the building. Two wings complemented the building, high on two floors. Three domes and a Campanile finished giving him majestic character. In front of the palace, we will notice three statues. The closest is Toussaint Lopenness. Another represents the brown nègre - or Marron Unknown - is Mr. Mangonès's work. The last, carried out by Ludovic Booz, pays tribute to the victims of the dictatorship and, in particular, to those massacred on September 30, 1991 in the coup against President Aristide. Facing the north corner of the palace is the Haitian National Pantheon Museum. If, in 2014, the spokesman for President Martelly had indicated that the reconstruction of the Palace was not a priority, Jovenel Moses was not doing so, who announced at the beginning of his term in February 2017 that he intended to put the National Palace back on board. It would appear, however, that another direction has finally been taken: on January 12, 2018, 8 years to the day after the earthquake of 2010, the president laid the first stone of the new National Palace, which should be built on the model of the old.