After 123 years, STJ decides: the Guanabara Palace in Rio belongs to the people | New

Once upon a time there was a princess from a kingdom called Brazil. His name, Isabel, daughter of the Emperor D. Pedro II. She lived in a palace in Rio de Janeiro. The imposing and luxurious estate was purchased by the princess' s father with public money. It was a dowry, Isabel's wedding gift to Count D'Eu. The couple lived in the palace from 1865 to the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, when the Republican government incorporated the property into national heritage.

But the royal couple, who had lost the crown, did not abandon majesty. And in 1895, he decided to claim before the courts the right to recover this jewel. They simply did not count on the slowness of justice.

After 123 years of many comings and goings, the process reached the STJ. The fourth group took charge of this historic mission. An easy task. The old Isabel Palace has gained a new name and a new function: it has become the Guanabara Palace, seat of the state government of Rio De Janeiro.

For this heritage, the 34 great-grandchildren of Princess Isabel are waiting to receive compensation of at least 60 million rand.

"It is an institution of the monarchy and it was consumed the act with the gift, the constitution of the dowry.The Republic could not retroactively decide that the property n & # 39; 39; would belong more to the princess, "said the family lawyer of Orleans and Bragança, Dirceu Alves Pinto.

The lawyer of the Union Márcia Dantas defended the fact that in the Republic, compensation is not applicable.

"With the fall of the monarchy, kings, princes, all these titles were also extinguished, continue to retain this property would be more or less like a president of the Republic."

the great disappointment of the king, the STJ ministers did not submit to the arguments of the lawyers of the family of Orleans and Bragança.

At four o'clock on zero, the fourth panel of the STJ rejected the request The ministers understood that the princess was a resident of the palace and did not possess it.The STJ itself and the Federal Court can still appeal.