National Palace of Haiti

The former presidential residence of Haiti, a white beaux-arts palace with three domed pavilions completed in 1920 on the Champ de Mars. Long a symbol of the Haitian state, it was severely damaged and partly collapsed in the 2010 earthquake and later demolished, with reconstruction plans debated for years. Historic photographs and the surviving perimeter fencing recall its former grandeur. The site faces a plaza of monuments and remains central to the civic and political geography of the capital.