- Title: Heart of Brazil's 'liberator' monarch arrives at presidential palace
- Date: 23rd August 2022
- Summary: BRASILIA, BRAZIL (AUGUST 23, 2022) (REUTERS) HEART OF PORTUGUESE MONARCH DOM PEDRO I ARRIVING AT PLANALTO PRESIDENTIAL PALACE BRAZILIAN OFFICIAL CARRYING HEART OF PORTUGUESE MONARCH DOM PEDRO I AND WALKING TOWARDS PRESIDENTIAL PALACE BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT JAIR BOLSONARO DURING CEREMONY ARMED FORCES AIRPLANES FLYING OVER PRESIDENTIAL PALACE DURING EVENT SOLDIER HOLDING BRAZILIAN FLAG
- Embargoed: 6th September 2022 23:08
- Keywords: Brazil Dom Pedro I Independence Jair Bolsonaro Planalto
- Location: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
- City: BRASILIA, BRAZIL
- Country: Brazil
- Topics: South America / Central America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001022723082022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: The heart of Portuguese monarch Dom Pedro I, who declared Brazilian independence from Portugal 200 years ago and was named "emperor" of Brazil, arrived at the Brazilian presidential palace on Tuesday (August 23) and will be put on display as part of independence anniversary celebrations.
The heart was received with military honours and a gun salute by the Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, before being on public display at the Foreign Ministry through Brazil's Independence Day on Sept. 7.
The heart has been kept in an urn with formaldehyde in the Portuguese city of Porto since Pedro's death in 1834 in Portugal at the age of 35.
The Portuguese government agreed to loan the heart to Brazil for three weeks for the bicentennial celebration.
Pedro's declaration of independence from Portugal, which is acclaimed by Brazilian nationalists as the birth of their country, was an act of defiance against his father, Portuguese King Joao VI.
The Portuguese king's family was escorted to safety in Brazil by the British Navy in 1807 before Napoleon's forces invaded Portugal. On returning to Lisbon in 1821, he left his son Pedro as prince regent of Brazil.
Pedro's heart was separated in 1834 and kept in a church in Porto according to this last wishes. His remains were donated to Brazil in 1972 for the 150th commemoration of Brazilian independence and are kept in a museum in Sao Paulo.
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