The National Palace was the official residence of the President of Haiti, located in Port-au-Prince, facing Place L'Ouverture near the Champs de Mars. Designed in 1912 by the Haitian architect Georges Baussan(1874-1958), it was severely damaged during a devastating earthquake in 2010, the ruins being demolished in 2012. In 2017 President Jovenel Moise announced that they will be commencing the rehabilitation of the national palace. Moise stated that the palace's exterior will look the same, but the interior will be modernized to fit the needs of a head of state in the coming years.
Like other public buildings in Haiti, it drew on the tradition of French Renaissance architecture and greatly resembled structures erected in France and its colonial territories during the late 19th century. Made of white-painted reinforced concrete, it had a central section featuring a domed entrance pavilion whose four Ionic columns supported a pedimented portico; at either end of the main façade were matching domed pavilions, also groined. The presidents and their families lived in the south wing of the building.
About the stamps
The stamps, depicting the National Palace and Lake Péligre, are part of a series of seven, Tourism, issued in 2001.
References
National Palace (Haiti) - Wikipedia
Sender: Denise
Sent from Port-au-Prince (Haiti), on 29.01.2018
Photo: Sonia Malebranche
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