finally, a private condominium and an attraction in itself, created to be the largest casino hotel in latin america, palácio quitandinha was built by joaquim rolla in 1944 in a french-norman architectural style, with the interior of the building was designed by dorothy draper, a hollywood set designer.

the magnificent building comprises 50 thousand square metres on 6 floors, with 440 apartments and 13 large halls, with marble bathrooms and an abundance of chandeliers with crystal pendants - the hotel has a theatre with three revolving stages, the dome of mauá hall which is the largest in the world, and a lake in the shape of the map of brazil.

palácio quitandinha was host to many significant events from carnival dances, miss brazil contests, the historical inter-american economic conference in 1954 - numerous famous names such as orson welles, greta garbo, walt disney, evita perón, and brazilian president getúlio vargas stayed here.